Emma Gannon

How do we get out of our own way? Sabotage is a pocket-sized investigation into self-sabotage: what it is, why we do it, and how we can break our toxic patterns. With personal stories and research-based insights multi-hyphenate Emma Gannon explores her own relationship with self-sabotage and presents a quick, meaningful guide to help you recognize your own forms of self doubt, identify what is holding you back, and the steps you can take to loosen its grip.

Sabotage

Moon Child

I was granted a copy of this audiobook by Netgalley, in exchange for my honest opinion.     Has a person with impostor síndrome I do throughout my life self sabotage quite a lot, and looking back it’s okay because we learn, this audiobook was genuinely interesting. We see and identify ourselves within this narrative, we ear subjects has self-criticism, perfectionism in a very damaging way, low self esteem causing self judgment etc. we find suggestions to cope with the this feelings and overcome them, the authors created an essential guide to follow us on the self doubt moments.

Emily Blackburn

Short, sweet and to the point. As a fan of Emma's Crtl Alt Delete podcast, and her recent novel Olive I was really keen to hear her views on this topic. 
So much of this spoke to me, but one section in particular that I had never pondered, was how self-care can actually be an act of self sabotage eg. me putting off emails and tasks because "I need a rest day"...7 days a week....
I found myself going "oh gosh, I do that" and "damn, you're totally right" lots throughout this book, and it's motivated me to try some of the journalling exercises to nip self sabotage in the bud.

Lovely as always Emma.

Anika | @chaptersofmay

This is the quickest and easiest self-help book I’ve ever read and I loved it! I have a bad habit of procrastinating and losing motivation from doubt, so this was a super relatable read. I loved the honest real-life experiences too, at least I know I’m not the only one who can be a little hard on themselves. It made me realise there are so many ways I self-sabotage without even realising! I feel called out in the best possible way.

Even as a freelancer, there are bad habits I do almost every day that are essentially holding me back – comparison being one of them. I’m terrible for it. Gannon touches on this, as well as other obstacles like jealousy, perfectionism, fear and self-worth. It’s a comfortable read but feels a lot like a pep talk from a wise older sister .

As I was reading this, I could help but thing Olive really needs a copy. I read Gannon’s fictional debut over the summer, and found it to be a refreshingly pleasant novel. The protagonist has plenty of ups and downs and I feel like she would love the tips in Sabotage! 
I’m definitely coming back to this one when I need a motivational boost or a positive reminder. It’s short and sweet but still wonderfully insightful. 

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