"There is Nothing Holding you back in life more than yourself." If there is an ongoing gap between where you are and where you want to be - and your efforts to close it are consistently met with your own resistance, pain, and discomfort - self-sabotage is almost always at work. On the surface, self-sabotage seems masochistic. It appears to be a product of self-hatred, low confidence, or a lack of willpower. In reality, self-sabotage is simply the presence of an unconscious need that is being fulfilled by the self-sabotaging behaviour. To overcome this, we must go through a process of deep psychological excavation. We must pinpoint the traumatic event, release unprocessed emotions, find healthier ways to meet our needs, reinvent our self-image, and develop principles such as emotional intelligence and resilience. It is not small task, and yet it is the work that all of us must do at one point or another.