#148 "What do you want?"

About this episode

The episode discusses how habits can dominate our lives and the emotional ties that make them difficult to break.

Our habits often consume us more than our wants do. We stay up late, scroll, tell ourselves "just a few more minutes"—even when we'd rather go to bed. It sounds simple to just stop, but our habits feel like they have a mind of their own. That's because many of our habits once helped us. They soothed our nervous systems, which is why they're so hard to break. For me, staying up late gave me "me time" when my boys were young. After Christopher passed, it helped me avoid harder mornings. "What d...

People in this episode

Host: Suzanne Andora Barron

Topics covered

• habits
• self-care
• mental health
• grief
• personal growth

Keywords

• habits
• self-soothing
• grief
• mental health
• personal development

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