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Stop the Self Sabotage and Create the Life You Desire

Bad beliefs, fearful emotions and hurtful habits; Stop the Self Sabotage and Create the Life You Desire. You see, every habit and pattern you participate in, is in place to meet a need that you have, even though you are getting that need met in a unhealthy way. The challenge comes in when you try to give up that pain and your powerful mind fights you because it wants to protect you. Time to give your pain a Purpose for Progress and Experience Rapid Results! Dawn Landrum, Certified Hypnotist and Certified Instructor, offers you proven, step by step success systems so you can Stop the Self Sabotage and Create the Life You Desire!

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Stop the Self Sabotage and Create the Life You Desire

When Self-Improvement Becomes Self-Punishment

June 09, 2026 • Dawn Landrum • Episode 451

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If you've ever felt like you're doing everything right and still questioning whether you're enough, this episode is for you.

It's easy it is to fall into the belief that one more book, one more course, one more strategy, or one more breakthrough will finally eliminate disappointment and pain from our lives.

I share why highly conscientious people often become trapped in overperforming and overfunctioning, taking responsibility for outcomes that were never fully theirs to control. I'll walk you through the difference between growth and control, why self-improvement can quietly turn into self-harassment, and how the pursuit of certainty often creates exhaustion instead of peace.

You'll also learn three questions I use to recognize when growth has become self-punishment, along with three practical steps for shifting from self-criticism toward stewardship.

Be sure to download my free Reset hypnosis experience at dawnlandrum.com to begin interrupting old patterns and creating a healthier relationship with personal growth.

You don't need more information. You need a breakthrough.

Join the WAITLIST for Break Through Self-Sabotage: Map Your Path Forward and be the first to know when registration opens.

As my gift to you, you'll receive the Resistance Release Hypnosis Audio to begin releasing the subconscious resistance that's been keeping you stuck.

Join the Workshop Waitlist: DawnLandrum.com

You don't need more information. You need a breakthrough.

Join the WAITLIST for Break Through Self-Sabotage: Map Your Path Forward and be the first to know when registration opens.

As my gift to you, you'll receive the Resistance Release Hypnosis Audio to begin releasing the subconscious resistance that's been keeping you stuck.

Join the Workshop Waitlist: DawnLandrum.com