Breaking Bad Habits

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We all have habits we’d like to banish, and often we believe our success or failure comes down to discipline and willpower. But discipline and willpower don't tell the whole story, and that's because the brain doesn’t make changes easily. Breaking a bad habit CAN be done, and today's show is here to help. Today's content is specifically framed around a listener's question re: buying on impulse, but please know the suggestions offered are rooted in neuroscience and can be applied to any (and every!) habit you’d like to break. Here's a preview: [4:30] How to use the Feedback Loop to ask yourself the right whys [15:00] The importance of removing and/or inserting visual cues when breaking a bad habit [27:00] Reign in your expectations! Here's why it takes lots of time to rewire your brain [33:00] Everything you need to know about compulsive shopping disorder Resources mentioned: Episode #362: Living On Purpose 5 Ways to Break Your Bad Habit Now (via Psychology Today) Compulsive Shopping: A Guide to Causes and Treatment (via Psychology Today) * Join our (free!) community here. * Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. * Email me and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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1:00.8	Well, hello there listeners and welcome back.
1:05.4	My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 363 of sustainable
1:10.2	minimalists, a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.
1:16.3	Welcome to Part 2 of Breaking Bad Habits Week.
1:20.4	On Tuesday, my guest and I, we discussed how to live on purpose and on today's show
1:26.0	we're taking that conversation one step further by talking about exactly how to break a bad
1:32.4	habit. We've all got them, right? If you're like me, you've
1:36.6	probably got a bunch of bad habits. For me, it's eating junk food on the couch
1:41.1	after my kids go to bad. That's a big one. I've had some
1:44.8	success with breaking it. Another one is drinking that extra glass of wine that
1:50.1	I totally don't need and that totally is gonna mess with my sleep. That's a big one. Another one is
1:56.7	raising my voice when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Yes, I'm a yeller and no I'm not
2:00.8	happy about it. I could go on and on with my own bad habits. But what is a habit exactly?
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