Breaking Bad Habits
Step 1: Make it Invisible: Reduce exposure, remove the cues from your environment
*Once you've identified your bad habits, it's time to remove it. Distracted by your phone? Turn off notifications, delete social media apps; Watch too much Netflix? Hide the remote, unsubscribe to your streaming services; Trying to create healthier eating habits? Keep the healthy options front and center, hide the temptations
Step 2: Make it Unattractive: Reframe your mindset, highlight the benefits of avoiding the bad habits
*Reframe "unhealthy", it doesn't have to be good or bad. Instead of applying labels, identitfy your goals and ask a simple question; "Is this going to help me reach my goals?"
Step 3: Make it Difficult: increase friction, increase the number of steps between you and your bad habit; Restrict future choices to the ones that will benefit you.
*If it isn't going to help your goals, remove it from your environment. Don't bring it into the house, make it hard to get to. When you have to go out of your way for whatever it is, you're less likely to do that for something that isn't going to help you achieve your goals. Even if it's not permanent, for now, it's necessary.
Step 4: Make it Unsatisfying: get an accountability partner, create a habit contract, make the costs of bad habits public and painful.
*"If I don't do this...I will have to do this..." Having an accountability partner is a great way to help you reach goals and stay on track. This is also where your tribe comes in. If you find yourself having to defend your choices to those you spend time with, perhaps it's time to find like-minded people who are willing and able and supportive of your goals and helping you reach them. Find that someone or someones who is/are willing to hold you accountable instead of just accepting your excuses.
Breaking your bad habits won't be easy, but we're help make it possible.
Who are we and why are we here? Stacy and Kasey, both professionals, entrepreneurs and mamas chat about all things health, wellness and how we manage to make to make ourselves (or not) a priority. Some days are better than others! Stacy is a Health & Wellness professional, working full time as a Fitness & Aquatics Program Manager and also owns her own Wellness Coaching Business. She specializes in working with busy mamas who are ready to gain their confidence back through mindset, fitness & nutrition. Connect with Stacy on Instagram at @stacygartner or visit her website www.stacygartner.com. Kasey is a certified professional who focuses on functional nutrition but is also a SAHM who homeschools all three of her children. She is truly the definition of "doing it all." She focuses on uncovering root causes through specific health protocols that help her clients heal their bodies through nutrition. You can connect with Kasey on Instagram at @kaseystevenswellness or visit her website www.revolutionarywellnessblog@wordpress.com Want to be a guest? Have a suggestion for an episode? Email us at TheSelfCareProjectPodcast@Gmail.Com Follow our podcast on IG @selfcareprojectpodcast
