Dr. Michelle Segar on Why We Need to Shift to the Joy Choice EP 135

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John R. Miles

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4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Dr. Michelle Segar - Why we need to shift to the JOY CHOICE. | Brought to you by Trade Coffee (https://drinktrade.com/passionstruck) and Babbel (https://babbel.com/passionstruck). Dr. Michelle Segar is an award-winning, NIH-funded sustainable behavior change researcher at the University of Michigan and a lifestyle coach. She is the author of the best-selling book No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness. For nearly three decades, she has pioneered methods to create sustainable healthy behavior change that is being used to boost patient health, employee well-being, and gym membership retention. On April 26th, she released her latest book the Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise, which the Big Idea Club selected as one of their 22 books they cannot wait to read in 2022. She also wrote the bestselling book No Sweat. She is a sought-after expert and is frequently featured in major media like the New York Times, NPR, Forbes, and Prevention. The Secret to Sustainable Behavior Change On the Passion Struck Podcast, Michelle and I discuss how optimal living 101 and how the secret sauce to sustainable behavior change is the consistent choices that we make throughout our day. If we want to achieve sustainable change, lasting change, where we need to put our attention is on these micro choices. The Joy Choice: https://amzn.to/3MTAVTc No Sweat: https://amzn.to/39MFIHZ Thank you for listening to this interview. I hope you also keep up with the weekly videos I post on the YouTube channel, subscribe to, and share your learnings with those who need to hear them. Your comments are my oxygen, so please take a second and say 'Hey' ;). -- ► Subscribe to My Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles Sponsors: * Babbel is the new way to learn a foreign language. Save up to 60% off your subscription when you go to https://babbel.com/PASSIONSTRUCK. * Enjoy great coffee with Trade. Get a total of $30 off your first order plus free shipping when you go to https://drinktrade.com/passionstruck. * Our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/passionstruck Time Stamps 0:00 Announcements and introducing Dr. Michelle Segar 4:41 Michelle's passion for the creating healthy behavior change 8:32 Why the Joy Choice is about the power of micro choices 12:13 Defuncting the myths about habit change 17:10 Why our life is like forever blowing bubbles 21:37 How to learn to accept that being perfectly imperfect is fine 27:00 Overcoming the perfection rabbit hole 31:50 Behavior change is not starting and stopping. It is sustaining. 36:32 Overcoming the Tornado of TODOs 41:00 The POP tool for enabling adult play 47:42 The four core decision disruptors - Temptation, Rebellion, Accommodation, Perfection 56:00 The Wonder Women Effect 59:20 Why we need to be giving grace 1:01:30 Show wrap-up and synthesis Stay Connected with Dr. Michelle Segar * Website: https://michellesegar.com/ * Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichelleSegar * LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellelsegar/ * University of Michigan: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/people/michelle-segar/ Show Links * Interview with Susan Cain * Interview with Astronaut Nicole Stott * Solo Episode on the Power of Choice: https://passionstruck.com/the-power-of-choice-why-our-choices-are-powerful/ * Solo Episode on Why Accepting Yourself is the key to your life: https://passionstruck.com/why-accepting-yourself-is-the-key/ *Solo episode on work-life balance: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AZksXySbYVoMPMuma5DpB?si=_VPv5sn3QBCq2pYVh-LXkg *Solo episode on overcoming burnout: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5keAXxjRs3Q8NKZYWBlPXS?si=N-nf0iQjThSzgsCAutPVPA *Solo episode on how you stop living in fear: https://passionstruck.com/how-do-you-stop-living-in-fear/ Follow John on the Socials: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/Milesjohnr * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrmiles.c0m * Medium: https://medium.com/@JohnRMil

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0:00.0	Coming up next on the Passion Struck Podcast.
0:03.0	These micro choices, our affirmation that we are worthwhile people actually validating our values and our core identity.
0:14.0	And that is why we need to shift from simply talking about the perfect and perfect or something is better than nothing to I'm picking the joy choice.
0:24.0	It isn't what I planned, it isn't what I hope to do, but gosh darn it, it's good enough for today.
0:30.0	I'm going to give myself and my eating some grace, but I am staying on that path with this teeny little micro choice.
0:37.0	Welcome to Passion Struck. Hi, I'm your host, John Armiles. And on the show, we decipher the secrets, tips and guidance of the world's most inspiring people and turn their wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you.
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1:20.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to episode 135 of Passion Struck.
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1:39.0	In case you missed it, yesterday I interviewed the one and only Brechen Ruben.
1:45.0	And is the number one New York Times best-selling author of the Happiness Project.
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