193 // Changing Habits

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 193 of The Mindful Kind podcast!

In this episode, I've shared some interesting research and helpful information about habit formation from an awesome book I found on Blinkist called The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg.

You'll learn about chunking, which is an automatic process that helps your brain save energy and forms the basis of habit formation.

You'll also hear about the three-part loop which makes up a habit, including a cue, a routine and a reward.

I've shared some of my own experiences with habits and how understanding habits has helped me change unhelpful habits and stick with positive habits!

Thank you to Blinkist for supporting this episode of The Mindful Kind podcast. Blinkist is a brilliant app which shares the key highlights from thousands of non-fiction books so you can read them (or listen to them) in around 15 minutes! Head to www.blinkist.com/themindfulkind to get a free 7-Day trial.

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.6	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.2	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.8	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.6	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.5	mindful techniques.
0:32.1	Hello and welcome to episode 193 of the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:37.4	This episode is all about habits and what you can do to
0:40.2	change them. I really love this topic because I think not only our habit super powerful, but they
0:46.4	can dictate how a number of important things in our lives unfold, from our relationships to our
0:52.5	work. Thank you to Blinkist for supporting the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:57.4	Blinkist is an incredible app which shares the key takeaways from thousands of nonfiction books
1:02.3	so you can learn on the go. Blinkist is offering my listeners a seven-day free trial at
1:07.8	blinkist.com forward slash the mindful kind. That's blinkist.com forward slash the mindful kind. That's blinkist.com
1:12.2	forward slash the mindful kind. Now before I dive into the topic of changing habits, I thought
1:17.7	I'd explain to the upsides and downsides of habits and why it's important to understand your
1:22.6	own habits. When you have a good habit in your life, not only does it enhance your well-being at that point in time,
1:29.8	but a habit can also grow stronger and become more automatic.
1:33.8	So when you set yourself up with great habits right now, they often become easier and easier to implement over time.
1:41.5	On the other hand, when you set yourself up with not so good habits, the same thing
1:45.2	tends to happen. The habit becomes more and more automatic. For a while, I got into a habit
1:51.8	of checking my social media whenever I lost focus during my work or got a little bit bored,
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