3 Science Backed Ways To Quit Your Most Stubborn Habits Without Discipline

About this episode

Angela Shurina shares three science-backed strategies for breaking stubborn habits by design rather than discipline.

You’re not “undisciplined” you’re just bad at design. I’m Angela Shurina, and today I’m sharing 3 science-backed strategies for breaking hard-to-quit habits by design, not by disciplining your way through temptations. If you’ve ever promised yourself you’d stop something small but stubborn (like my own coconut milk in coffee routine) and then watched autopilot win again, this is your reset button. We dig into why routine disruption is so powerful, and why your environment beats your best int...

People in this episode

Host: Angela Shurina

Topics covered

• habit formation
• behavior change
• self-discipline
• environment design
• routine disruption

Keywords

• quit habits
• science-backed strategies
• routine disruption
• environment
• self-improvement

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