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Why can it be so hard to be your very best? Because you only focus on changing your actions. You need to upgrade your identity, optimize your emotions and transform your habits.

Dawn Ferguson


    • Jun 11, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 19m AVG DURATION
    • 512 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Stop the Self Sabotage and Create the Life You Desire

    Trying to Get the Bad to be Good to You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2026 24:00


    What if the hope, wish, dream, desire isn't the real goal? What if you're trying to reverse a decision made years (or decades) ago that you weren't lovable, worthy, acceptable, good enough?In this episode, I explore why we often keep returning to people, situations, and experiences that have repeatedly wounded us. Together, we'll examine how painful experiences can leave us with unanswered questions about our worth, significance, lovability, and value—and how we sometimes spend years trying to get a different answer from the very source that created the question.You'll learn three powerful questions to help identify where you may be stuck and three practical steps to begin redirecting your energy toward healthier sources of connection and growth. Claim Your Gifted Hypnosis Experience Renewal Reset HERE FREE Hypnosis Session to Release the Outdated Truth, Let Go of Misaligned Hope and Stop Painful Pushing Here dawnlandrum.com

    When Self-Improvement Becomes Self-Punishment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2026 27:39


    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. Claim Your Gifted Hypnosis Experience Renewal Reset HERE FREE Hypnosis Session to Release the Outdated Truth, Let Go of Misaligned Hope and Stop Painful Pushing Here dawnlandrum.com

    Pushing for Progress OR Creating More Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 20:37


    FREE Hypnosis Experience here https://www.dawnlandrum.comMost high-achieving women don't struggle because they're unwilling to move forward.They struggle because they're so committed to progress that they don't always recognize when progress has quietly turned into self-abandonment.In this episode, we're exploring the difference between productive discomfort and pushing yourself beyond a healthy threshold.When progress slows, the instinct is often to work harder, stay up later, carry more responsibility, and push through. Sometimes that's exactly what's needed.Sometimes it isn't.We'll explore how reactions are often driven by past painful patterns, while responses are guided by future impact. You'll learn how to recognize the warning signs that you're approaching overwhelm, why more effort isn't always the answer, and how to create sustainable progress without creating unnecessary pain.This episode completes a three-part series exploring:Is your life organized around something that is no longer true?What do you do when you want something to be true, but it isn't?Are you making progress, or are you creating pain?Together, these episodes invite you to examine the beliefs, hopes, and strategies that may once have served you but no longer fit the reality of your life today. Claim Your Gifted Hypnosis Experience Renewal Reset HERE FREE Hypnosis Session to Release the Outdated Truth, Let Go of Misaligned Hope and Stop Painful Pushing Here dawnlandrum.com

    What Do You Do When You Want Something To Be True But It Isn't?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2026 17:44


    There are moments in life when the deepest pain isn't what happened. The deepest pain comes from wanting something different. We wanted the diagnosis to be wrong. We wanted the relationship to work. We wanted the person to change. We wanted one more chance, one more year, one more opportunity. And yet reality often has a way of refusing to cooperate with our wishes.In this episode, we're exploring what happens when we find ourselves standing face-to-face with a truth we never wanted to be true.We'll discuss:Why arguing with reality keeps us stuckThe difference between grief and resistanceWhy acceptance is not the same as approvalHow to stop negotiating with what is and begin moving forwardThe powerful question that helps us rebuild after disappointment, loss, and changeIf today's episode resonated with you, I'm creating a gifted hypnosis experience to help you move from insight into experience. Details to claim your gift will be in Friday's episode  Connect With Dawn If you're navigating a significant life transition and would like personalized support, information about working together is available at DawnLandrum.com  Claim Your Gifted Hypnosis Experience Renewal Reset HERE FREE Hypnosis Session to Release the Outdated Truth, Let Go of Misaligned Hope and Stop Painful Pushing Here dawnlandrum.com

    Is Your Life Organized Around What Isn't True (anymore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 20:28


    Send Me a TextIf your life were organized around what is true today instead of what happened in your yesterday's, what would upgrade first? Need More Than a Recording?Many women reach a point where insight isn't enough. They know something needs to change, but they aren't sure how to move from understanding to implementation. Let's Talk Go Here https://www.dawnlandrum.com/

    Allow Me to Disappoint You (again...)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 16:51


    Send Me a TextHow do overperformers, overfunctioners, and overcompensators get stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn—trying to avoid letting others down. You'll discover why every conflict is really a conflict in values, why your worth is never the challenge, and how the freedom to disappoint others is the first step to stop betraying yourself. https://www.dawnlandrum.com/

    The Hot Mess Express that leads to Self Sabotage City

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 22:35


    Send Me a TextIt's not a question of if, but instead when you'll be triggered to self sabotage. Let's discover together what you can do to actually leverage the situation for an even better future! https://www.dawnlandrum.com/

    Hidden Trap of Healing (that encourages self sabotage)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 21:23


    Send Me a TextAre You Stuck in Healing? Discover the 4 levels beyond pain-Healing, Wholeness, Thriving and a Life by Design-and the hidden traps that keep you cycling in the same hurtful patterns. Learn how to spot where you are and step into revealing the real you!https://www.dawnlandrum.com/

    Self Sabotage is a Symptom of This

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 24:44


    Send Me a TextOverperformance, Overfunctioning, Overcompensating; protective maladapting to cover up an original identity wound. And what happens when all of this becomes too heavy to carry? You self sabotage for (limited) relief. Quit treating the symptoms and instead create the space for the original wound to heal!   https://www.dawnlandrum.com/

    Life's Lessons Will Lead to Self Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 13:37


    Send Me a TextWhy did you have to learn the lesson to start? Because a need wasn't met but the system you're using for results justs promotes more pain!dawnlandrum.com

    Demanding a Stress Set Point for Success or Sliding into Self Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 7:35


    Send Me a TextHow to use procedural memory for your magnificencehttps://dawnlandrum.com/

    Stopping the Struggle Spiral Part 3 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 12:36


    Send Me a TextSpaced Repetition + Immersion = Who You Are...Who Do You Want to Be?For more information on Dreams into Reality, click here

    Stopping the Struggle Spiral Part 2 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 14:00


    Send Me a TextWhat will you find, everywhere you look; pain or progress?For more info on Dreams into Reality, click here

    Stopping the Struggle Spiral Part 1 of 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 10:57


    Send Me a TextWhich level is holding you back; healing, wholeness, thriving, life by design?For more info on Dreams into Reality, click here

    Complaining Can Keep You Safe When Used With Reflection for Results

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 23:43


    Send Me a TextDumping - Connecting - Correcting; complaining is built into our personality. Do you know how to use it for progress?Claim your Break Free Coaching call here dawnlandrum.com

    Has Forgiveness Gone Too Far...and other weeds in your garden of growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 23:16


    Send Me a TextLet's coach on challenges that can keep you from blooming and blossoming;Forgiveness Gone Too FarAccountability or SupportGrace or EnablingIf You Have to Drag Them in, You'll Have to Drag Them AroundAnd Where's Your BottomPLUSIf you'd like a Gifted Hypnosis Session to Assist Your Achievement, Claim Yours By Clicking Herehttps://drewdawnferguson.kartra.com/page/w3m17

    Turning Impatience and Doubt into Tools for Personal Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 13:38 Transcription Available


    Send Me a TextCan impatience and doubt actually fuel your growth rather than hinder it? Align your expectations with reality and learn to use doubt as a signal to re-evaluate your approach and upgrade your mental and emotional frameworks to overcome past pain and achieve substantial, lasting results. Claim Your Gifted Stop the Self Sabotage Coaching Call herehttps://dawnlandrum.com/

    Pre Decide How to Self Sabotage and Make Room for Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 22:51


    Send Me a TextLet me know what you want to hear more of by sending an email to dawn@dawnlandrum.com

    When what's right goes wrong and then gets worse; 4 Steps to Stabilize Your Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 29:24


    What you want is valid but you cannot allow it to invalidate you

    Where do You go when disappointment tries to steal Your Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 7:37


    The fastest way into situational depression is disappointment triggering disillusionment that hides who you really are 

    How You Continue to Support Self Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 10:52


    Self Sabotage wants you to play the part that keeps you repeating past pain again and again

    School of Self Sabotage or Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 14:26


    How where you taught to hold yourself back for someone else's benefit AND what Success is waiting on the other sidedawnlandrum.com

    What do You Need to Value for Your Next Level of Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 7:10


    You can have it all, just not all at the same time

    Unsinkable Self Esteem OR Sabotaged by Self Doubt that Leads to Shame

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 26:31


    When you're emotionally flooded, use these steps to get back to the beach of your brilliance Is becoming a Healing-preneur calling to you? I have room for ONE person to train with me, privately over the summer PLUS you'll receive your Certification Training at the group investment! (that's a savings of over $2000)If this might be your calling, go here for all the details https://drewdawnferguson.kartra.com/page/xma93

    Unstoppable Self Confidence OR Sabotaged to Take Care of Others

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 13:50


    Self Confidence is the Successive Progressive Physical Materialization of Results Connected to a Desired Identity...Who Are You Really?  Is becoming a Healing-preneur calling to you? I have room for ONE person to train with me, privately over the summer PLUS you'll receive your Certification Training at the group investment! (that's a savings of over $2000)If this might be your calling, go here for all the details https://drewdawnferguson.kartra.com/page/xma93

    Reprogram for Progress OR Convenience of Past Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 11:00


    What's Your Promised Land... and who is standing in the way?Email Summer of Success to dawn@dawnlandrum.com Is becoming a Healing-preneur calling to you? I have room for ONE person to train with me, privately over the summer PLUS you'll receive your Certification Training at the group investment! (that's a savings of over $2000)If this might be your calling, go here for all the details https://drewdawnferguson.kartra.com/page/xma93

    Disease to Please; Disordered, Dysregulated, Dysfunctional, Toxic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 13:03


    The Core 4 Will Take You Up...or down... Is becoming a Healing-preneur calling to you? I have room for ONE person to train with me, privately over the summer PLUS you'll receive your Certification Training at the group investment! (that's a savings of over $2000)If this might be your calling, go here for all the details https://drewdawnferguson.kartra.com/page/xma93

    It's Not If You Get Up When You Fall/Fail, It's HOW You Get Up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 12:09


    You can get back up but still with a survival focus which will bring in new situations to test your dysfunctional endurance that you were programmed and conditioned to expect from life. Time to move from survive to THRIVECan Hypnosis Help You? Find out at dawnlandrum.com Is becoming a Healing-preneur calling to you? I have room for ONE person to train with me, privately over the summer PLUS you'll receive your Certification Training at the group investment! (that's a savings of over $2000)If this might be your calling, go here for all the details https://drewdawnferguson.kartra.com/page/xma93

    Lessons Learned in the Dark Times Will Not Get Your Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 12:49


    Can Hypnosis Help? Find out here dawnlandrum.com Time for you to be empowered with the process for progress BUT registration is only open for the next few daysGo here for all the details (and click on the tab that says Time to Thrive) https://dawnlandrum.com/

    Self Sabotage: Saying You're Sorry to Keep the Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 8:01


    How Does Self Sabotage Start?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 16:13


    The 3 Ways to Give Your Pain a Purpose for Progress

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 10:06


    Time for you to be empowered with the process for progress BUT registration is only open for the next few daysGo here for all the details (and click on the tab that says Time to Thrive) https://dawnlandrum.com/

    Flip the Switch on Self Sabotage using Your Brilliance

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 14:25


    What to do when you're overwhelmed and cannot think, hear or communicate clearly? Utilize Authoritative Post Hypnotics!  Time for you to be empowered with the process for progress BUT registration is only open for the next few daysGo here for all the details (and click on the tab that says Time to Thrive) https://dawnlandrum.com/

    Sabotaged by Painful Stories from Your Past

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 16:33


    The Core 4 Stories that can keep you stuck in the same old struggles Time for you to be empowered with the process for progress BUT registration is only open for the next few daysGo here for all the details (and click on the tab that says Time to Thrive) https://dawnlandrum.com/

    Self Sabotage Earliest Memory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 15:35


    Is that younger you still being triggered?  Marry Your Passion of Helping Others with the Profit of Your Own Holistic BusinessGo to https://dawnlandrum.com/https://dawnlandrum.com/ and click on Become a Certified Hypnotist

    Replace Self Sabotage with Healing then Growth then Goals then Vision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 13:55


    The stages of creating the life you desire Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    You're the Good One Giving Grace but now You're Taken for Granted

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 19:20


     Grace will turn into people pleasing and feeling like a doormat without respect, trust and truth dawnlandrum.com Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    What Happens When You Were Taught to ALWAYS Be the Stronger One

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 19:53


    It's hard to ask for help when everyone has permission to be weaker than you Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    Knowing Why They Sabotaged You Won't Help

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 12:15


    You cannot understand their why because it's not the type of values you hold Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    Unsafe Then = Self Sabotage Now

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 19:11


    Your self sabotage is just a symptom of the lack you had to live through but now it's starving your future success.It's time to upgrade from prediction into progress Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    You Cannot Outgive Someone's Bad Behavior

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 19:35


    If your affinity bias is based on a rescue relationship instead of Truth and Grace, you'll continue to have your boundaries broken Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    You Were Taught To Go In The Direction of Self Sabotage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 14:29


    Can Hypnosis Help You?Find Out Atdawnlandrum.com Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    It's Exhausting Trying to Stop Self Sabotage (and what to do instead)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 14:38


    Quit chasing symptoms and start dealing with the cause Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    When Helping Them Hurts You

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 12:19


    The difference between explanations and excuses will be shown in  relationship credit ratingShould your work privately with Dawn? Let her earn the right to be in your life through this gifted Break Free Coaching Call ~ Claim it herehttps://dawnlandrum.com/ Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    Taking Responsibility for Self Sabotage Isn't What You Think

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 24:25


    Bad Habits and Hurtful Behaviors Are Just Trying to Get You Some ReliefShould your work privately with Dawn? Let her earn the right to be in your life through this gifted Break Free Coaching Call ~ Claim it herehttps://dawnlandrum.com/ Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    Updating Your Success Set Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 16:41


    Either you update your set point for progress or someone else will for their gain from your pain Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    When Life Hurt You Because Good Things DIDN'T Happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 66:55


    It's just not the hurt that can hold us back, it can also be when the good was missing. Join Angie and Dawn as they share the steps to begin healing the hurt Break FREE from the bad beliefs, the harmful habits and the hurtful emotions that keep you stuck and struggling ~ Improve Your Life with Same Day Results! https://dawnlandrum.com/ Marry Your Passion of Helping Others with the Profit of Your Own Holistic BusinessGo to https://dawnlandrum.com/https://dawnlandrum.com/ and click on Become a Certified Hypnotist Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    Why Am I Asking You to Celebrate when You're Hurting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 8:53


    Go here to claim your Gifted Break Free Coaching Call  https://dawnlandrum.com/ Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    How to Make Success Stick(y)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 23:50


    Use the Power of Your Habits and Patterns to Get Those Goals! Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis

    Overwhelmed, Overlooked, On the Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 8:18


    A Easter Week Message Marry Your Passion of Helping Others with the Profit of Your Own Holistic BusinessGo to https://dawnlandrum.com/https://dawnlandrum.com/ and click on Become a Certified Hypnotist

    Free Class & Hypnosis; Spring into Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 75:39


    Your Identity Upgrade can be found here but hurry because this special savings expires soonHealth, Wealth and Happiness through Self Hypnosis Marry Your Passion of Helping Others with the Profit of Your Own Holistic BusinessGo to https://dawnlandrum.com/https://dawnlandrum.com/ and click on Become a Certified Hypnotist

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