Habits on Purpose

In this re-release, I outline how your emotions and feelings relate to your behavioral habits, and why understanding these patterns is going to be so life-changing. You'll discover the patterns that are currently playing out in your life as a result of your emotions, and I'm giving you a strategy for tuning into your emotions and feelings so you can purposefully choose a different response.   Get...

Dr. Siobhan Key dives into the crux of emotional eating, and why we often default to using restriction and willpower. We're examining how emotional eating becomes a form of relaxation and stress management, why weight loss quickly becomes unsustainable, the key to making it sustainable, and how to leave restriction and willpower by the wayside moving forward.   Get the full show notes and more inf...

Join us this week as Dr. Tyra Fainstad and Dr. Adrienne Mann reveal the findings of their hugely successful study, what drew them to coaching in the first place, and the hurdles they experienced when it came to helping physician colleagues understand the efficacy of coaching.   Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/31

Dr. Linda Street gets to the heart of the complexity and dialogue when it comes to negotiation. She's sharing the mindset habits that often bring up stress and fear when it comes to negotiating the terms of your work contract, the socialization that shapes how women physicians experience negotiation interactions, and how to ensure you're able to ask for what you want.   Get the full show notes and...

Tune in this week to discover how to start enjoying every single day. Megan is sharing a concrete exercise you can do right away to help you identify what you currently believe you should do, versus what you deeply want to do with your life, and is showing you how to start gradually shifting away from the shoulds and really start indulging in your wants.   Get the full show notes and more informat...

Join Dr. Kelly Casperson and I this week as we dive into what it takes to cultivate the sex life of your dreams. We're exploring the most common troublesome thoughts and beliefs that are holding us back from having the sex life we want, and Dr. Casperson is sharing her top practical tips for anyone who finds it squeamish or intimidating to openly voice your wants.   Get the full show notes and mor...

Dr. Sonia Wright shares the importance and the complexity of cultivating the habit of communicating openly when it comes to sexuality and intimacy. We're discussing the thoughts and feelings that are preventing so many people from openly talking about sex, and showing you how to work through this mindset so you can begin to cultivate more intimacy on every level in your relationship.     Get the f...

Janette Dalgliesh is here to discuss the habits that live below our conscious awareness. We're diving deep into the influence of socialization on our thought habits, why it's never too late to rewire your brain, and Janette is sharing a very specific technique for dealing with those big emotions that seem like they occur without any preceding thoughts.     Get the full show notes and more informat...

Victoria Albina and I explore what codependent thinking means and how it might be showing up for you in your everyday. We're diving into how so many of us are chronically disconnected from ourselves, Victoria's favorite somatic techniques for calming your nervous system and dropping into your body, and what it means to reclaim your body.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https...

I'm showing you how we usually respond to feeling criticized, what might change if we engaged with our self-critical parts differently, what it means to have a dialogue with your inner critic, and how making this a practice will truly be a fruitful endeavor.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/24

Discover what a manual is, and why using it in your everyday is causing problems. I'm showing you how to identify what your specific manuals might look and sound like, and the solution to this quandary so you can start loosening your grip on it to create the life experience you truly want.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/23

I show you the fastest way to figure out your relationship with rest, leisure, and play. You'll discover why disengaging to play or have downtime feels so challenging, why running on fumes doesn't benefit you or anyone else, and how to start shifting your lens on rest so you can start viewing it as a vital part of your life.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpu...

I pull out some of the most powerful ideas from Greg McKeown's book, Essentialism. I'm showing you what becomes possible when you practice Essentialism in your day-to-day life, and how to integrate the hallmarks of this framework into every aspect of your life and your habits.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/21

If being overly critical of yourself is your default state and changing self-judgment seems not only foreign but a bad idea, you're in the right place. This week, I'm showing you how self-judgment shows up for us, why it's not going to lead to lower standards, and how to use the best antidote to self-judgment in your everyday.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitson...

Tune in this week to discover how to bring levity to your overwhelm. I'm sharing the observations I've made of my own overwhelm experience, what you can do when you're in the thick of it, and my four-step process for handling any situation in which you feel totally consumed by overwhelm.   Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/19

Discover what fuels social anxiety and how it often shows up for us in our lives. I'm showing you why we can't approach social anxiety with a one-size-fits-all reductionist approach, the role of our mindset when it comes to social anxiety, and four experimental ways you can try to change how you navigate social situations.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurp...

I give you an overview of why we procrastinate and how to examine your unique flavor of what procrastination looks like in your life. You'll discover some of the most common reasons we procrastinate and a variety of ideas to inspire you as you go on to find your own customized formula for interrupting the cycle.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/17

The insidious habit of all-or-nothing thinking truly shows up everywhere. It makes the challenging experience of adulting so much harder than it needs to be, and the worst part is we don't even realize we're doing it. So today, I'm dissecting this pattern and sharing an exhaustive list of ways it can show up for you so you can start taking steps to shift out of this type of thinking.     Get the f...

Rachel Hart sheds light on the intersection of mindset and somatic work in habit change. She's walking us through how we've grown accustomed to ignoring our connection to our bodies, why this is limiting you in more ways than you realize, and how to integrate the missing piece of somatic work as you transform your habits.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpo...

I cover doubts about whether this podcast is for you, and why the ruthless self-criticism perfectionists experience keeps us stuck. I'm also offering my top recommendations for how to get past limiting thoughts about time in your life, and what to do if you're finding yourself compulsively reaching for your phone.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/1...

As humans, we have the capacity to believe anything we want. We think an average of 40,000 to 60,000 thoughts daily, the majority of them flying under the radar, happening totally unconsciously. We aren't taught how to watch our thoughts, but you can imagine the power that lies in your hands when you can identify, question, and direct your mind on purpose when you want to. And this is what I'm sho...

I outline what often happens in the wake of when things don't go as planned, and why these strategies are ineffective when it comes to habit change. I'm showing you why we need to identify how we respond to ourselves in these moments, and how to navigate bumps in the road without slipping into self-judgment or mean self-talk.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonp...

Discover why relying solely on positive thinking is ineffective and even problematic. I'm showing you where positive thinking might be helpful, where it can be harmful to you, and three actionable practices for you to try out, depending on your particular relationship to positive thinking right now.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/11

I show you what dead-end questions are and why they're so problematic. I'm offering some clues that you might be asking yourself dead-end questions, how this has become a habit for you, as well as two simple ways to start asking yourself better, more productive questions.   Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/10

I show you the power of making decisions ahead of time. You'll discover how we often try to address change and why these methods don't work, why we can get in a cycle of not doing the thing we said we would do, and how to start implementing making decisions ahead of time as the antidote.     Get the full show notes and more information here: https://habitsonpurpose.com/9