When Your Patterns Are Trying to Keep You Safe | Christina Woods

Live the Width of Your Life · Aug 28, 2026 · 33m

Have you ever looked at something you keep doing and thought, "Why do I do this when I know better?"

Maybe you procrastinate even when something matters to you. Maybe you say yes when you really want to say no. Maybe you feel like you have to do everything yourself. Or maybe you keep repeating a pattern you've already decided you need to change.

What if the problem isn't that you're lazy, broken, undisciplined, or self-sabotaging? What if some of these patterns are actually trying to protect you?

That's the question Christina and I explore in this episode.

Christina is an…