About this episode

This episode explores the reasons behind chronic fatigue and sleep issues, focusing on the nervous system's role in habit formation and self-regulation.

If you keep starting over every Monday, if you have a graveyard of supplements you tried for two weeks and abandoned, if you've bought planner after planner looking for the one that finally makes you consistent, you have not been lacking discipline. Your nervous system doesn't feel safe changing, and once you understand why, everything about how you approach your goals is about to shift. In this episode: Why you're great at starting something new but keep hitting a wall in the middle, right when it's time to maintain or finish. The real reason your brain treats a new habit, a new food, a new boundary, like a threat, and why that triggers procrastination, cravings, and mindless scrolling without you even realizing it. Why saying affirmations for ten seconds a day does nothing if the other ninety percent of your self talk is "I hate this, I can't do this, I'm so frustrated". The study on people with split personality disorder whose bloodwork changed depending on which personality they were in, and what that reveals about how much your thoughts actually control your body. Why "just calm down" and "just breathe" can backfire completely if you're in fight or flight, and what to do…

People in this episode

Host: Leah Brueggemann

Topics covered

• energy
• sleep
• nervous system
• habits
• procrastination
• self-talk

Keywords

• tiredness
• energy mistakes
• sleep issues
• nervous system regulation
• self-improvement
• habits
• affirmations

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