Small Habits, Big Change with Eric Zimmer author of "How A Little Becomes A Lot"

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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We set big goals, inevitably fail, then conclude something's wrong with us, which makes change even harder next time. Eric Zimmer, author of "How A Little Becomes A Lot," and host of "The One You Feed" Podcast, breaks down why all or nothing thinking keeps us stuck and how small manageable actions build belief in ourselves. Self-doubt isn't the problem; it's baked into growth. We don't need to eliminate it, just turn it down enough to start making and keeping promises to ourselves, becoming the author of our own life. Learn more and get the book here:https://www.oneyoufeed.net/ Resources: - Work with Me 1:1: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/coaching - 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - The Book by Book Club: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/bookclub - Intro To Boundaries https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/intro - The Yearly Boundaries Intensive https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/Boundaries - Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off - Get the Patternscapes Wellness Deck ⁠https://www.getpatternscapes.com - Join the Patreon Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass - Download the FREE Morning Routine PDF ⁠https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning - Join our newsletter https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter - Check out our Guided Meditations https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What makes change so hard, do you think?
0:02.1	I do think a big one is we try and do too much.
0:07.4	The New Year's resolution is the easy one to point to, but it's a symptom of what we do in general.
0:13.4	We get frustrated with something in our life and we start to feel like, all right, I need to change, I need to be different.
0:19.5	And we then launch out on some extreme-ish plan.
0:26.6	All right, I'm not exercising at all.
0:29.6	So now I'm going to go to the gym five days a week for an hour.
0:32.6	And I'm going to get back to my meditation.
0:34.6	And I'm going to journal every morning.
0:36.6	And I'm going to. every morning and I'm gonna and so we do we do too
0:40.8	much and then when we inevitably can't keep that pace we conclude that there's something wrong with us
0:49.0	I'm just the kind of person who can't stick with things. I'm just the kind of person who's
0:54.2	undisciplined or lazy. We come to these conclusions that then make it harder to change the next
1:02.4	time that we try. Hello, welcome to Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets Mindful. I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, live coach and psychotherapist.
1:14.2	And on today's episode, I am here with Eric Zimmer, host of the one you feed, and author of How a Little Becomes a Lot.
1:27.1	Welcome, welcome, Eric.
1:29.1	Thank you, Nikki.
1:30.1	I am happy to be here.
1:31.5	I am happy to have you.
1:33.4	I was just reading some of your book.
1:35.5	I can't wait to get all the way through it.
1:37.9	It's such a big accomplishment to put yourself on paper like that and send yourself out into the world.
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