Why Do We Self Sabotage As Ex-Boarders?

About this episode

Piers Cross explores self-sabotage through the lens of boarding school survival patterns and trauma.

To register for the webinar: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-smart-leaders-still-self-sabotage-identify-and-break-hidden-patterns-tickets-1988408152310 Why do we sabotage the very things we say we want? In this episode, Piers Cross explores self-sabotage through the lens of boarding school survival patterns, trauma, leadership and nervous system regulation. Drawing on Gay Hendricks’ concept of the “Upper Limit Problem,” Piers explains how many ex-boarders unconsciously return themse...

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Host: Piers Cross

Topics covered

• self-sabotage
• boarding school
• trauma
• leadership
• nervous system regulation

Keywords

• self-sabotage
• boarding school
• trauma
• leadership
• nervous system
• Upper Limit Problem

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