Iza Dabek
How to Rewire Your Mind for Success with Iza Dabek Ep 259 - The Global Discussion
Host Simon Hodgkins speaks with Iza Dabek, a Rapid Transformational Practitioner and Founder of Healing Habits Coaching. Iza works with high-achieving professionals, creatives, and founders to help them break through the subconscious patterns that keep them stuck, particularly those tied to self-sabotage, low confidence, and burnout.
Her message is clear and refreshing: You're not lazy, unmotivated, or broken. You're likely just operating from an outdated internal program that was wired into your subconscious early in life. And the good news? You can change it.
A Different Take on Self-Sabotage
Many people think self-sabotage is a failure of willpower. Iza sees it differently. To her, these behaviors, procrastination, overworking, perfectionism, and people-pleasing, are forms of self-protection.
"Self-sabotage isn't a discipline issue," she explained. "It's about emotional safety. The subconscious mind is designed to keep us safe, not successful."
That drive to stay safe often pulls people back into the familiar, even if what's familiar is unhealthy or limiting. Iza helps clients identify the unconscious beliefs often rooted in childhood that trigger these patterns. Whether it's the fear of being judged, the belief that success will lead to loss, or an ingrained sense of unworthiness, her work goes deep to rewrite these mental scripts.
Rewiring the Nervous System for Growth
What sets Iza's approach apart is her focus on the nervous system. She doesn't just aim to boost external confidence. She helps people feel internally safe with growth, rest, and success.
Iza points out that many of her clients appear confident on the outside, leaders, CEOs, and founders, but inwardly feel anxious, like impostors. "Achievements matter," she said, "but if your nervous system is still wired for stress or scarcity, success can feel like a threat."
To shift this, Iza blends subconscious reprogramming with tools like breathwork, somatic work, guided visualizations, and hypnosis. These help clients release stored emotional energy and expand their capacity to hold more success without burning out.
Hypnosis: It's Not What You Think
If the word "hypnosis" makes you picture swinging watches and mind control, think again.
"Hypnosis is just a relaxed, focused state where your mind becomes more open to change," Iza said. "You're fully aware the whole time. It's a conversation, not a performance."
She uses hypnosis to uncover the emotional roots of her clients' self-sabotaging behaviors and then works to replace them with more supportive, empowering beliefs. The process is grounded in neuroscience and deeply personal to each individual.
Emotional Energetics: Clearing What We Carry
Another pillar of Iza's work is a concept she calls "emotional energetics." As she explains, emotions are energy in motion, but most of us were never taught how to process them properly. Instead, we suppress them with habits like overworking, scrolling, or constant distraction.
By helping clients release these stored emotional blocks, through guided practices that focus on the body, not just the mind, she creates space for clarity, calm, and resilience.
"Most people don't realize how much their past is still running the show," she said. "These memories and emotions live in the body. If you don't process them, they'll keep resurfacing as stress, fatigue, or self-doubt."
Real Change, Measurable Impact
Iza's work has had tangible results. She has helped clients overcome years of chronic fatigue, grow their businesses by over 30 percent, and completely transform how they lead and live.
She measures success not just by external milestones, but by how clients feel: more grounded, more focused, more free. For some, the transformation is immediate. For others, it builds over weeks or months. And often, it continues evolving long after the sessions end.
"Transformation isn't always loud or flashy," she shared. "Sometimes it's subtle at first, better boundaries, clearer thinking, emotional stability, but those shifts ripple out into every part of life."
Practical Tools for Everyday Shifts
For those just beginning to explore inner transformation, Iza offered a few starting points:
Get curious, not critical. When you notice a behavior like procrastination, ask: What part of me is afraid to succeed? What might I be protecting myself from?
Link emotion with visualization. Don't just imagine success. Feel the emotions you want to experience, peace, excitement, joy, and pair them with your vision.
Start with the body. If meditation feels difficult, begin with breathwork or movement to calm the nervous system first.
Her biggest takeaway? "Don't believe everything you think. Learn to question your thoughts. You're not stuck. You're just running a story that can be rewritten."
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