150. Willpower: How to Get More of It, and Why You Need Less Than You Think To Support Your Weight Loss, Health and Longevity

About this episode

Lisa Oldson, MD discusses the nature of willpower and strategies to manage it for better health and weight loss.

Is willpower something you're born with, or something you can build? In this episode, Lisa Oldson, MD breaks down the science of self-control and shares research-backed strategies to help you stop running on empty by 9 PM. You'll learn why willpower gets depleted throughout the day, and why hunger makes it even worse. Drawing on the work of Roy Baumeister (whose groundbreaking "ego depletion" research explains that late-night refrigerator raid) and Stanford health psychologist Kelly McGonigal...

People in this episode

Host: Lisa Oldson, MD

Topics covered

• willpower
• self-control
• weight loss
• health
• longevity
• hunger
• ego depletion

Keywords

• willpower
• self-control
• weight loss
• hunger
• ego depletion
• health
• longevity

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