Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. Have you ever wondered if the whole 21 days to form a habit thing is a total myth?

Today, we are busting that wide open. We're revealing the surprising truth about how long it really takes to hardwire in new behaviors, plus some seriously clever science-backed shortcuts to help you speed up that time.

I feel like that idea has been floating

around forever, right? For me, it was always that little light at the end of the tunnel when I was

trying to form a new habit. Like when I started hitting the gym, every single workout felt like a

monumental effort. And I would just cling to that thought. Just power through it for three weeks.

And after that, it's smooth sailing. It'll just be a habit. But then the 21st day would hit.

And spoiler alert, it was still an uphill battle. That automatic feeling was nowhere in sight.

And I want to pause there for a second because that is

the point of a habit. It can be really easy to lose sight of this because habit has become one of

those magic code words on the internet. We all want to form healthy habits. Here are the best habits

for productivity. Here are the top habits for morning routine. But the point of a habit,

the reason that they are both so wonderful and can be so harmful, is that they become part of our

routines. We do not have to use our precious willpower. We do them without thinking, so we don't

have to hype ourselves up to do them. You probably don't wake up

and think, am I going to brush my teeth today? Well, hopefully you don't. Please brush your teeth

and floss. I was actually just interviewed on another podcast recently, and they asked me what I thought

the top unsexy wellness habit that we should all be doing was. And I said flossing, which I feel like they were like,

that's a really weird habit to share Liz. But flossing is an unsung health hero. It is so important

for our heart health. It helps prevent Alzheimer's. It helps reduce our risk of strokes.

And also, I promise you, if you are not flossing regularly, I'm just going to say your breath

smells way worse than you think it does. Anyway, that was a digression, but flossing is a habit

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