Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller and I have conversations with people that help us make better meaning of our lives.

In this episode, changing behavior and changing identity. More and more in psychology, I keep hearing about the end of history illusion, which is a psychological bias that we all tend to have where we feel

we've changed a lot from our past. But we think and perceive that who we are now is really

who we are. And we don't conceive of the almost fact that in the future, I'll say five years

from now, we will look back to now and be amazed at how much we've changed from who we are right the second.

So I want to embrace that for myself and hold to some degrees more lightly to who I think I am today and be more open to significant opportunities for change in myself right here now.

Well, my guest in this show has made really big changes to his core self. Eric Zimmer is an author, teacher, speaker, and the

creator of the One You Feed podcast. It's an award-winning podcast, over 50 million downloads,

800 plus conversations, exploring meaningful living.

So at 24 years old, Eric was homeless,

addicted to heroin, and facing prison.

I mean, that's who he was. His journey from those depths sparked his lifelong inquiry into human transformation and resilience.

He's seen himself make massive transformation to, again, the core of, quote, who he is.

And now through his podcast, he's talked with hundreds of other people who have transformed

themselves to really significant degrees.

So Eric has a brand new book out.

It's called How a Little Becomes a Lot, the Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful

Life.

So we talk through some of the concepts here,

and I think you'll gain more confidence and inspiration

to your own ability to evolve and not only become more of who you want to be,

but find more peace for yourself at all times with who you're being right now.

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