The Brian Keane Podcast

#486: Neuropsychologist Dr. Judy Ho on Rewiring Your Brain, Identifying Self Sabotage Triggers and Reparenting Your Inner Child!

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May 20, 2024
Dr. Judy Ho is a triple board-certified neuropsychologist and tenured professor at Pepperdine University, focusing on self-sabotage and brain rewiring. In this engaging discussion, she dives into identifying self-sabotage triggers and the surprising fact that awareness alone isn't enough. Judy also outlines a step-by-step process for reparenting your inner child and how values underpin our behaviors. She shares insights on replacing negative habits and highlights the importance of understanding attachment wounds that fuel negative self-talk.
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INSIGHT

Why We Self-Sabotage

  • Self-sabotage is common and often unconscious, driven by an overactive threat response that blocks reward-seeking.
  • Identifying root emotional or psychological barriers is necessary to stop repeating patterns.
ADVICE

Acting Beyond Awareness

  • Move beyond awareness by taking targeted actions that change the pattern causing sabotage.
  • Explore origins of the problem and apply specific behaviors to interrupt it.
ADVICE

Timeline For New Habits

  • Expect difficulty and commit to consistent new behaviors for 4–6 weeks to form a new normal.
  • Be patient: initial weeks will feel hard before neuroplastic changes stick.
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