Understanding Self-Sabotage

We all know what it’s like to know what we should do and still struggle to do it. The same patterns show up every day in nonprofit work: an employee avoids a difficult conversation, a colleague’s perfectionism stalls progress, a client struggles to follow through, or we find ourselves procrastinating on something we know matters.

In this interactive training, we’ll explore the often-invisible patterns behind self-sabotage and why knowing better doesn’t always lead to doing differently. We’ll look at common patterns such as avoidance, perfectionism, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, and the need for control, and consider how they can influence our behavior, relationships, leadership, and work with the people we serve.

Through reflection, discussion, and real-world scenarios, participants will learn how to recognize these patterns in themselves and others and respond in ways that make movement and change more possible.

During this training, participants will:

• Recognize common self-sabotaging patterns and how they show…