Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan Train Your Brain to Silence Your Inner Saboteurs with Shirzad Chamine
Jun 17, 2025
Join Shirzad Chamine, New York Times best-selling author of Positive Intelligence and a leading voice in mental fitness, as he tackles the invisible barriers in our minds. He reveals techniques to spot and overcome inner saboteurs, emphasizing the importance of emotional mastery for success. Shirzad shares a 10-second method to rewire your brain for confidence and peace. Discover how to shift from guilt and shame to self-love and empowerment, fostering resilience in both personal and professional life.
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Saboteurs Are Neural Habits
- Saboteurs are automatic mental patterns with 'muscle power' formed by neural pathways.
- Repeatedly choosing a positive response lays new neural pathways and rewires the brain within weeks.
Demotion Sparked Deep Self-Inquiry
- Shirzad was demoted after his controller saboteur took over during company stress.
- That painful event triggered his research into how to reclaim the positive part of self.
We All Have Inner Saboteurs
- Everyone sabotages themselves daily through predictable inner voices called saboteurs.
- The counterbalance to saboteurs is the 'sage' or positive inner voice that you can learn to access.
