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The Journey of Archetypes
Part III
The Saboteur Archetype sabotage out of fear. We each carry our
unique, individual core fears. This may
Welcome back to your archetypal journey. include the fear of rejection, abandonment,
In our first article, we explored what judgment, the unknown, or even success.
an archetype is and the four survival We end up sabotaging as a means of
archetypes. In last month’s edition, we took attempting to avoid that which we are most
a deeper dive into the child archetype. afraid of. To begin this exploration, I invite
Today, we’ll meet our inner saboteur. you to explore what your core fears might
be. The way you answer this can likely
The saboteur is the archetype responsible relate directly back to your child archetype
for our patterns of self-sabotage. We and what he or she experienced growing
have all experienced times in our lives up. The orphan child’s core fear might be
when we found ourselves making choices abandonment. The eternal child’s core fear
that we knew, on some level, were not in might be responsibility. We may sabotage
alignment with our highest interest or ourselves or reject ourselves out of the fear
the highest interest of all. The saboteur of others’ rejection. The first step is to get
archetype not only sabotages ourselves clear on the fear.
but also sabotages others.
The second root cause of self-sabotage
Why do we self-sabotage? This is one is called secondary gain. Secondary gain
of the most common questions I get refers to the aspect of ourselves that
asked in my holistic health coaching benefits from sabotaging. When it comes
practice. Why do we continue to to healing, there is often a part of us that
make the same disempowered choices benefits from not healing. For example,
repeatedly? Why do we start new diet we may be receiving more empathy and
and exercise programs, only to find compassion from others while sick, or
ourselves back at square one after a we may receive recognition or rewards
couple of days or weeks? for our illness by starting a foundation or
charity. There is a part of us that develops
From my experience, the saboteur an identity through illness, and healing
archetype sabotages because of three root may become a threat to that identity. We
causes. The first is fear. We most often may use our illness as an easier way of
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