3359: You Don't Have to Love It - The Secret to Getting Started by Josie Michelle Davis on Getting Started Now

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🗓️ 12 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3359: Josie Michelle Davis challenges the belief that you must enjoy every positive habit before committing to it, revealing how real growth often begins with resistance. By continuing to show up for what’s good for you, even when you dislike it, you build discipline, resilience, and long-term fulfillment. Stay with it, and you might even learn to enjoy what once felt impossible. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://josiemichelledavis.com/blog/2019/04/05/2019-4-2-you-dont-have-to-love-it-the-secret-to-getting-started/ Quotes to ponder: "Learning to sit with the discomfort of not liking something, but pushing through it anyway has taught me so much more then I ever would have learned by avoiding tough things." "It’s okay not to love them, but never eating a vegetable because you don’t love them is probably something you need to work on getting over." "I don’t think you need to eat all organic food or swap your chocolate chips for fancy cacao nibs, but you should probably make sure that you at least eat some veggies occasionally." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.9	This is Optimal Health Daily. You don't have to love it. The Secret to Getting Started by Josie Michelle Davis of josiemichel davis.com, and I'm Dr. Neal. Welcome back to Optimal
0:50.8	Health Daily, where simply read to you from the best health and fitness blogs for free.
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1:30.3	trust. It really means a lot. Tear? All right. Enough of that emotional stuff. Let's finally get to it and
1:37.1	hear today's article and continue optimizing your life. You don't have to love it. The Secret to getting started by Josie Michelle Davis of josie
1:49.6	Michelle Davis.com.
1:52.1	The other day, I was checking in with a friend on how her fitness goals have been going,
1:56.5	and she said they had come to a halt because she just hates running.
2:02.0	Oh boy, I've been there.
2:08.3	If you think that I was born, loving to run, work out, meditate, eat spinach, or basically any of the other things I do on an almost daily basis, well, let me just tell you, you're wrong.
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