1314: Addicted to Novelty: How Chasing "New" Nearly Crushed My Business (And My Health)

Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Money, Self-improvement, Inspiration, Transformation, Motivation, Affirmations, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Selfhelp, Weightloss, Education, Loseweight, Goals, Nutrition

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

📋 Episode Summary:

In this episode, I’m sharing a deeply personal story — one that almost cost me my business, sabotaged my health, and left me emotionally flat: my addiction to novelty. I chased the next new thing like it was the answer to everything — and for a while, it felt like momentum. But the truth? It was misdirection.

Whether it’s in weight loss, business, or life, we’ve been conditioned to confuse excitement with effectiveness. And when the emotional high of “new” wears off, we think we’re off track. We’re not.

This episode is your reminder that consistency will always beat novelty — when you let it.

🧠 What You'll Learn:

Why chasing the “next new thing” feels like progress — but usually isn’t
How emotional flatness isn’t failure — it’s feedback
The difference between pushing and precision
How to identify the “novelty trap” in your own life
What sustainable progress actually looks and feels like
Why you might be mistaking emotional withdrawal for being “off track”
Questions to ask when you’re tempted to start over… again

💥 Power Phrases from This Episode:

“Novelty gives you a hit but mastery gives you freedom.”
“Progress isn’t about being emotionally high it’s about being directionally right.”
“You’re not addicted to results, you’re addicted to change.”
“You’re building a system, not chasing a feeling.”
“Consistency isn’t built by flair, it’s built by follow-through.”

✨ Mentioned Inside:

The Consistency Course — If you’re ready to stop starting over and build something that lasts, this is for you.
Want to talk about how this applies to your goals? DM me “TCC” on Instagram (@elizabethbenton) and let’s chat.

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to be more consistent, you're in the right place. I'm Elizabeth Benton. Welcome to
0:07.1	Consistent, a podcast by Primal Potential that is for all of you who feel frustrated by your lack of
0:13.3	progress or overwhelmed by all the change that you want to make in your life. Here, we stop frantically
0:20.5	chasing new habits and start
0:22.6	strategically building a structure of consistency. Let's get into it.
0:29.3	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the primal potential podcast. I am Elizabeth Benton.
0:35.1	Thanks so much for being here. I'm going to get right into a story.
0:39.7	Very recently, I cognitively felt like I was doing things right, but I still had this
0:50.7	unsettled feeling. I wasn't panicked, but I just had this feeling like, it's not enough.
0:58.3	It's not enough. It's not going to do it. It's not going to make a difference.
1:02.2	And I dug down to kind of see what was at the root of it because I recognize that when my clients
1:08.0	feel that way, that tension that comes from, I'm not seeing the payoff,
1:13.2	what if this isn't enough, what if this doesn't work, and then they start jumping to new things,
1:18.4	to novelty, to the next approach. I hear this from my clients all the time. I'm doing the work,
1:25.4	but it doesn't feel like it's enough. And what happens when we feel
1:28.9	that way? How we respond to it determines if we go for distractions or if we build meaningful consistency.
1:39.7	Here's the overarching theme that I want to get into with you today. Progress is not about feeling
1:45.5	right, that emotional high of all the things are clicking and it's working. Progress is about
1:52.6	knowing that you are being directionally right. Here's what I mean. Have you ever felt like I'm doing
1:59.7	all the things, but the scale isn't moving?
2:01.9	Like, I've been better than I've ever been, and I've been consistent, and I'm eating
2:05.2	cleaner, and I've cut out all these things, and I'm moving more, and I'm getting my steps in,
	...

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