About this episode

In this episode, Jarratt DAMN discusses the challenges of falling back into old habits during stressful times and emphasizes the importance of grace and resilience in the face of setbacks.

May kicked my natural Black ass. After a month away from the podcast, I'm finally back behind the microphone. Not because everything is fixed. Not because life magically got easier. Simply because the storm let up enough for me to start moving forward again. In this solo episode, I'm sharing what happened during one of the toughest months I've had in a while. Between injuries, financial stress, family responsibilities, and watching my routines completely fall apart, I found myself slipping back into old habits and old coping mechanisms. The frustrating part? I knew better. I've spent years in therapy. I've had hundreds of conversations about healing, mental health, and self-improvement. Yet when life got heavy, I still found myself returning to the same default settings. Comfort TV. Sugar. Isolation. Survival mode. If you've ever felt like all your progress disappeared the moment life got hard, this episode is for you. We're talking about why healing isn't linear, why setbacks don't erase growth, and why sometimes the bravest thing you can do is sit under the underpass, let the worst of the storm pass, and then keep driving. In this episode: • Why stress often sends us back to…

People in this episode

Host: Jarratt DAMN

Topics covered

• old habits
• stress
• mental health
• self-improvement
• setbacks
• emotional stability

Keywords

• stress
• old habits
• mental health
• self-improvement
• setbacks
• emotional stability
• comfort
• survival mode

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