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The Model Health Show · June 25, 2025 · 63m
How to Stop Sabotaging Your Progress and the Secret to Lasting Change
Gabby Bernstein on the psychology of self-sabotage: how trauma creates 'Upper Limit Problems' that cause people to undermine their own progress the moment things start going well.
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Bernstein applies Gay Hendricks's 'Upper Limit Problem' concept: the false self has a thermostat for happiness, and when you exceed it, unconscious behaviors (picking fights, getting sick, procrastinating) bring you back to your familiar set point.
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Bernstein's 'surrender' philosophy maps directly onto the Stoic dichotomy: stop trying to control outcomes (weight, other people's opinions, timelines) and focus entirely on your daily practices (meditation, movement, nutrition).
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