Stop Chasing Tools | Between the Pause with Pam Dwyer

About this episode

The episode discusses the limitations of tools for change and the importance of awareness and pauses in creating sustainable behavior shifts.

We explore why tools like diets, planners, and systems often fail to create lasting change and how awareness of patterns leads to sustainable shifts. We show how a pause brings the thinking brain back online and turns “failure” into useful data. • tools manage behavior while patterns drive urges • the behavior is the brain’s solution, not the root problem • pause and curiosity create awareness that disrupts loops • shame blocks learning while data guides change • insights from neuroscience a...

People in this episode

Host: Pam Dwyer

Topics covered

• behavior change
• awareness
• neuroscience
• sustainable shifts
• patterns
• pause

Keywords

• diets
• planners
• systems
• shame
• curiosity
• data
• neuroscience

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