Getting candid.

Bachelor Nation fans got to know and love Maria Georgas on Season 28 of “The Bachelor.”

Since her time on the show, Maria has been keeping fans updated with her life on social media. This week, she stopped by for part two of her conversation with Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt on the “Bachelor Happy Hour” podcast.

During their conversation, Maria discussed her conversation with Bachelor Joey Graziadei in Jasper, Canada, when she contemplated leaving the show.

Joe and Serena asked Maria if she felt like she was self-sabotaging, and Maria opened up with the co-hosts.

She said that through the process of the show, “I learned that I need to trust my instincts more. When I tend to self-sabotage or ruin a good thing, it’s because it was never mine to begin with. I think I learned that along the way. When things start feeling negative, I have that I told you so moment with myself. I knew why I was doing the things I was doing. I only self-sabotage when I know the person is not right for me. I know that’s so crazy to say and maybe I was jumping the gun.”

Maria went on, sharing, “People might say I ruin things before anything good can even happen, sure, but why is it that every time I do it, I don’t feel bad? In the end, I see exactly why I pushed them away to begin with. That’s exactly why I didn’t allow something to happen and then something better comes into my life where I’m like this is what was meant for me. It’s hard for me to say that I do it in a way where it’s a bad thing. It’s sort of protecting myself and self-awareness.”

Maria shared that while she was in Jasper, she realized in her gut, it wasn’t going to be her and Joey at the end.

The Bachelor Nation star said, “Deep down, I knew that it wasn’t me and him. It was so hard to say that in the moment because of how amazing our one-on-one was, but I remember thinking that one good moment doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be real with myself. Yeah, we had the best time ever and it was so great, but at the same time, looking at the bigger picture, I came to terms with the fact that I knew it was just not me. At the end of the day, I couldn’t just be like bye, so I was trying to be respectful of everyone involved, but also state my case here.”

She continued, saying, “I tried to acknowledge that it wasn’t going to be us and we both see it, but we’re both trying to get through this in a respectful way. I didn’t know if I wanted to have my family involved. They are the most welcoming people ever, but bringing them into this environment and putting them on camera was hard for me. I wanted to do this in Jasper and give him the chance to say goodbye, so at least I can say I tried to do it now. I almost gave him an out. Jenn and Kelsey T. gave him no issues. So, I thought, ‘Maybe let’s do it now on this group date, so I can give him the chance to choose someone else to potentially see someone else with because Maria has already given me enough problems.’”

Maria also shared that bringing her family into the mix played a role in her decision to bring up her hesitations with Joey.

She said, “I was insecure and didn’t want to lie to them saying he was 100% my person. That’s the only time I would really, truly bring someone to my family. It just didn’t feel right. Doing what I did in Jasper was giving him a little bit of a way out. It didn’t happen that way and I respected that he was trying to fight for us, but also it was fighting for me for one more week and getting my family involved just didn’t sit right with me. I think it was amazing, though, because people got to see how amazing my family and my dad are, so for that I’m grateful.”

Check out more of Maria’s honest conversation with Joe and Serena on the full episode of “Bachelor Happy Hour” below.