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Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Rewiring Your Brain: The Science of Habits with Gretchen Rubin

Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Last month when I asked who you wanted us to interview for our habits series, 90% of you said, Gretchen Rubin. Today your wish comes true. For those not familiar with Gretchen, she is one of today’s most influential and thought-provoking observers of happiness and human nature, especially as it pertains to habits. Gretchen is the author of Better than Before, The 4 Tendencies, and The Happiness Project and in this episode, she shares the secret to creating health-promoting habits that will work for you. Listen to this episode with Gretchen Rubin to learn how to help yourself based on your personality type and tendencies

In This Episode, We’ll Cover:

  • Gretchen’s #1 tip to being happier.
  • Why it’s important to know your nature before you try to adopt habits.
  • How to figure out your personality type.
  • What are outer vs inner expectations?
  • How do you know when you need an accountability buddy?
  • How monitoring your current habits can help you create change.
  • 3 strategies to create change.
  • How to start making healthier habits.

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a deer media production.

0:03.0

Hi, I'm Wendy.

0:04.1

And I'm Jess, and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast.

0:07.0

Your online resource for inclusive and accessible wellness.

0:21.2

Welcome back to another episode of the Food Heaven Podcast.

0:24.4

If you are tuning in for the first time to our podcast, welcome.

0:28.2

We are both registered dietitians, and this podcast is all about wellness from an inclusive perspective.

0:35.1

And right now, we are doing a series all about habits.

0:38.8

So this is our final episode in our habit series.

0:41.9

If you haven't seen the other episodes, make sure to scroll up and check those out after you

0:46.1

listen to this one.

0:47.1

And today we are talking with Gretchen Rubin, who is one of the most influential and thought

0:51.8

provoking observers of happiness and human nature.

0:54.6

And it's interesting because on Instagram, I asked you guys a couple of weeks

0:58.0

ago, who you wanted to have on the podcast to talk about habits.

1:01.5

And 90% of you responded with Gretchen Rubin.

1:05.1

So we are so excited to get to talk to Gretchen today all about how to form new habits.

1:10.7

Yeah, and Gretchen has written several books, including Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies,

1:17.2

and The Happiness Project.

1:19.5

She has sold millions of copies.

1:22.8

She's a New York Times bestseller.

1:25.1

She's also the host of The Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast.

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