5 Tiny Wellness Habits I’ve Noticed The Healthiest, Happiest People Do Differently

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, I’m sharing five small but transformative habits that I’ve noticed the healthiest, happiest, and most successful people consistently do. These aren’t obvious and they aren’t massive life overhauls—they’re tiny, actionable shifts that can make a huge difference in how you feel and function every single day. They’ll improve your mental health, productivity, and overall well-being. I’ve spent years interviewing successful, happy people, and I’ve clearly identified the patterns that make their lives and the results they get truly stand out. Check out the previous episodes of The Liz Moody Podcast discussed today: Optimizing Brain Health To Maximize Intelligence, Focus, & Memory with Jim Kwik The Science Of Putting Together a Workout Routine To Hit YOUR Goals with Dr. Shannon Ritchey How To Lose Weight In A Healthy Way with MS RD Nicki Parlitsis My Healthy Weight Loss Journey: Science-Backed, Pragmatic Action Steps That Actually Worked Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book ⁠100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success⁠ now! Connect with Liz on Instagram ⁠@lizmoody⁠ or online at ⁠www.lizmoody.com⁠. Subscribe to the substack by visiting ⁠https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome⁠. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to ⁠www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast⁠. Use our discount codes from our highly vetted and tested brand partners by visiting ⁠https://www.lizmoody.com/codes⁠. This episode is brought to you completely free thanks to the following podcast sponsors: Pique: go to PiqueLife.com/LizMoody for up to 20% off plus a special gift. Shopify: sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/LizM. Evlo: head to EvloFitness.com and use code LIZMOODY to get 6 full weeks completely FREE. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 352. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. Today, we are going to talk about the
0:05.0	tiny habits that I have noticed that all the healthiest, happiest, most successful people that I
0:10.2	have been exposed to all tend to do. I have spent years observing people, which sounds creepy, but also
0:16.8	it is my job. I am a journalist. It is what I do. And also interviewing all of these people,
0:22.4	which is definitely my job. And I'm always scanning, like looking out for these patterns, for these
0:27.3	little things that make these people's lives and the results that they get stand out. So those are
0:33.1	going to be what I'm going to share with you here today. The first one is reading. The absolute most
0:38.7	successful, happiest people that I know, I'll spend a ton of time reading. And I have a few
0:44.1	hypotheses for why this is. One is what you're doing reading instead of. So instead of scrolling
0:49.7	on social media, which is decreasing your attention span and making you really stressed and anxious
0:54.7	about the most negative version of every single thing going on all over the world, you are sitting
1:00.2	with a book. So the advantages of reading are about the time and the unwanted habits that it replaces.
1:08.2	Reading increases our attention spans. It puts us into almost this meditative flow
1:12.7	state. You're basically training your mind to focus on the words on the page and then you get
1:18.2	distracted and then you come back to this point of focus over and over again. I always say if you
1:24.3	don't want to meditate or if that's really hard for you, reading gets you a lot of the way there.
1:29.4	So do that. I honestly, like, I congratulate myself every time I read and I'm like, you meditated.
1:35.5	Like, that's amazing good for you. So feel free to do that as well. Reading also decreases our stress
1:41.6	levels. Study shows that reading for just six minutes decreases our stress levels by 68%.
1:47.3	And if your stress levels are lower, one, you're just going to be happier because having higher
1:51.7	stress levels makes you more unhappy.
1:54.0	Why don't have the urge right now to say, and happy people just don't shoot their husbands,
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