Friday, 6 November 2026

The guest defined self-sabotage as deliberately damaging or interfering with your own plans and goals, often without realising it, through subconscious thought patterns, habits and decisions that undermine your success and happiness.

Everyday examples included procrastinating when an important opportunity arises, waiting for perfect conditions before starting, negative self-talk, comparing your path with others, people-pleasing, and inconsistency in work and self-care.

To break the cycle, the guest recommended pausing between a trigger and your response, trying a task for just five minutes, changing your environment, and practising self-compassion, since new habits take time to form.

Running due diligence can turn into self-sabotage when it is driven by past pain, leading people to pull away from opportunities or helpers that could be exactly what their lives need at that moment.

The birthday retrospective featured five artists born on 6 November, including Conchita Wurst, whose Eurovision win in 2014 with Rise Like a Phoenix brought the contest back to Austria the following year.