6/19/2025
26:01
E113 | The Mind Trap: Why We Self-Sabotage Our Health Goals
Uncertainty is a normal part of changing your body, whether losing weight or healing a health condition, but it often becomes the biggest obstacle to achieving results. Today, Laken and Lindsey discuss these key concepts to help you with your mindset:
• How the lack of control over timing creates problems for you
• How the fear of past failure can lead to learned helplessness, where staying stuck feels safer than risking another disappointment
• How "expectation overload" causes overwhelm
• How our brains are wired for instant gratification, creating "dopamine delays" that make self-sabotage easy when progress feels slow
• The need to focus on finding certainty in your daily actions rather than the timeline to the outcome
• Why celebrating non-scale victories is the way to go
If you're experiencing uncertainty in your health journey that wasn't addressed in this episode, please reach out. We'd love to help you!

