020- How to Break the Habits That Are Breaking You

Send us a textWe all have habits that feel harmless but quietly drain our energy and self-worth. In this episode of Beyond Words, Najwa Zebian breaks down how habits born from pain (people-pleasing, shrinking, over-explaining) keep us stuck in survival mode.Learn how to stop punishing yourself through your routines and start creating habits that honor your healing, growth, and peace.✨ “Some of your habits aren’t neutral. They’re teaching you to abandon yourself.”🕒 Timestamps00:00 — Opening hook: The habits that betray your peace 02:14 — How childhood wounds shape your patterns 05:32 — Habits that look “good” but are rooted in fear 09:00 — Why discipline without compassion becomes self-punishment 12:45 — Replacing self-betrayal with self-respect 16:08 — The question that changes everything: Is this habit building me or breaking me? 19:40 — How to make healing a daily habit 22:10 — Closing reflection: becoming who your habits believe in🧭 Show NotesYou’ll learn: • The emotional roots of destructive habits • How “good habits” can still come from self-rejection • Ways to replace punishing routines with nurturing ones • How to make peace a daily practiceReflective prompts: • Which habit feels like a quiet betrayal of myself? • Which new habit would help me feel more at home in my own life?Mentioned: 📖 Welcome Home — learning to build emotional safety 📚 The Only Constant — on conscious transformationConnect: Follow @najwazebian for more reflections, and leave a 5-star review if this episode helped you build habits that honor who you’re becoming.

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