Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober · Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC
E301: The Self-Worth Ceiling: How Low Self-Esteem Fuels Self-Sabotage
·21 min·1 clip
Gill reveals why getting drunk before a new job was a protective mechanism against feeling not good enough.
As heard by us
Self-sabotage looks less like weak willpower and more like a self-worth ceiling.
The episode treats self-sabotage as a problem of identity, not just willpower. Its main claim is that people who see themselves as a loser or a failure keep acting in ways that match that story, and that idea fits neatly with the self-worth ceiling.
Why you'd press play
You keep undoing good things, and this explains why.
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