• Editorial Team
• On February 14, 2012

In her new book, In Her Power: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self, Author Helene Lerner says there the nine most common self-sabotaging behaviors that hold women back: thinking too small, worrying, misunderstanding yourself, dishonesty, holding back, not taking time for reflection, inhibiting desires, isolating and disempowering other women. “We have the power inside to be great,” Lerner tells Forbes, “but oftentimes it’s covered by false beliefs about ourselves.”