Episode 30: 🎙️Alex D: The High Cost of Feeling Seen, When Self-Sabotage Becomes Survival

24/04/2025 55 min Episodio 30

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In this raw and revealing episode of R&R ,Resilience and Rebirth, I sit down with Alex D. to explore a topic many of us silently battle: Self-sabotageWe often believe it's something we're doing to ourselves, but what if it's not really us? What if it's a set of limiting beliefs we adopted early on, beliefs like: "I'm not good enough," "I can't do it," or "I'm not worthy"?As children, before we've developed our self-esteem, the outside world becomes a mirror. When people or situations to us, we unknowingly start to accept those reflections as truth. And that’s where self-sabotage begins, by dimming our own light before it ever had a chance to shine.Now mix that with using drugs as a coping mechanism, and the story takes a deeper turn. Alex opens up about how one small moment, seemingly irrelevant back then, planted a belief that he didn’t matter. That he was less worthy than others in his own family.But through using drugs, a new persona began to form. A version of himself that felt powerful, Seen.“Now I’m someone,” he thought. But what if that feeling was just an illusion? What happens when the mask cracks and the truth demands to be faced?This episode is an honest invitation to peel back the layers. To do the inner work. To start the journey that leads you, not to who you’ve been pretending to be, but to who your soul came here to become.R&R , Resilience and Rebirth is a space where every voice matters. Where every story has the power to spark healing. This one just might be the mirror someone else needs.🎙️ Join the conversation, share your story , your voice matters.📲 Follow R&R: Resilience and Rebirth for raw stories, deep insights, and soul-stirring conversations.🎧 Tune in now and let this episode pour purpose and power into your day.💬 Got a story to share or know someone whose voice needs to be heard? Let’s connect , I’d love to feature voices that heal, teach, and inspire.🗳️ Don’t forget to vote in this episode’s poll and drop your thoughts in the comments, I read every single one.🔁 If this episode moved you, inspired you, or made you think, share it with someone who needs it and tag me.XoXo, Žana 💛💌 P.S. Always stay rooted, grounded, and connected to Love, the strongest force in the Universe.📩 Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@zanahospitality⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠✨Want to connect with Alex? Here's his link: https://linktr.ee/speakeralexdumas⁠📣Be sure to let him know you found him through the R&R : Resilience and Rebirth podcast, it means the world to me to know how these meaningful connections are made. 💖

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