86. Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: 10 Steps to Strengthen Your Willpower

Spiritually Hungry

Monica Berg and Michael Berg

Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Growth, Selfimprovement, Fulfillment, Parenting, Love, Anxierty, Reincarnation, Relationships, Fear, Society & Culture, Manifest, Mental Health, Life-changing, Lifes Purpose, Well-being, Improve Life, Spirituality, Wellness, Wisdom, Inspirational, Transformation, Self-help, Education, Culture, Kabbalah, Happiness, Society

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🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Self-control allows us to manage our behavior and achieve long-term goals. What we undoubtedly know from experience is that the lack of willpower can get us into trouble! Kabbalists call this “restriction'' and teach that it is imperative to achieving spiritual growth. Listen as Monica and Michael discuss the tools for strengthening your willpower and maintaining the focus we need to achieve our desires.

“If you treat yourself with understanding and love, the relationship between body and mind begins to be one of harmony.” – Monica Berg

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0:00.0	We believe that we are meant to have the most amazing gratification, the most amazing blessings,
0:15.2	but the path to achieving that goes through a process of delay, what we call being able to restrict.
0:23.6	And then unless you are finding ways to restrict small and great, you're not really able to ever come to a state of real gratification.
0:33.6	Welcome to the spiritually hungry podcast.
0:39.3	Oh, episode 86 on our new and improved studio.
0:45.3	The past month we were traveling literally London,
0:48.3	was there London, Mexico, New York, LA.
0:50.3	It's nice to be back in the studio.
0:52.3	It is nice, just the two of us. So today we're going to
0:56.4	talk about the consciousness of self-control and willpower and really how do we get to a place
1:06.9	of long-term fulfillment. So willpower, Why is it so important? It is probably the most
1:14.6	important thing. Really? I can't wait to hear your take on it. Because I think it's the lack of
1:20.9	having willpower that usually gets us in a lot of trouble. Self-control is a factor in common
1:26.6	struggles, although I don't think it's the cause of it,
1:29.9	but these are the common struggles that most people feel like they need more willpower
1:33.9	in facing addiction, overeating, crime, domestics, violence, debt, unwanted pregnancy,
1:42.5	and underperformance at school and work.
1:45.9	Self-control is the ability to manage one's impulses,
1:48.9	emotions, and behaviors to achieve long-term goals.
1:52.3	And it's also defined as the ability
1:54.3	to delay gratification and resist unwanted behaviors and urges.
1:58.8	So I think everybody struggles with this in some way.
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