How to Get New and Better Habits

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🗓️ 5 July 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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"How to Get New and Better Habits" - Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! • Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.6	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:26.2	at Dr.ora.com. Our question today is how do you get new and better habits. It's not easy.
0:40.9	It's not easy.
0:42.5	Every time you try to change,
0:44.9	like a magnet,
0:46.4	you're drawn into old habits.
0:49.2	Easiest visual I can come up with is playing tennis.
0:54.0	On and off, brief periods of time, very brief, like a month.
1:00.0	Over my lifespan, I've taken tennis lessons.
1:03.8	First of all, every tennis teacher, coach, whatever,
1:09.2	has an entirely different view of how you should swing at the ball.
1:13.0	That's the first thing I've noticed.
1:15.3	It's like, what?
1:16.7	I'm supposed to do what with the face of the racket?
1:19.7	I'm not supposed to walk into it?
1:22.9	I mean, really.
1:26.5	Please.
1:29.0	So? Yeah. I mean, really. Please. So.
1:33.5	But I would take the lessons.
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