Brain Fitness, Micro-Habits, and Your Health (Thoryn Stephens) | Ep 472

About this episode

Thoryn Stephens discusses the importance of adherence in behavior change and how to create simple health protocols.

Why is it so hard to stay consistent with nutrition and fitness, even when you know what to do? What if the answer is not more discipline, but better systems? Thoryn Stephens joins me to talk about why adherence is the real bottleneck in behavior change. We cover how to build simple health protocols around nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress, connection, and metabolic health without getting buried in data or overwhelmed by tracking. You’ll learn why friction matters, how wearables like Oura an...

People in this episode

Host: Philip Pape

Guest: Thoryn Stephens

Topics covered

• nutrition
• fitness
• behavior change
• health protocols
• micro-habits
• adherence

Keywords

• nutrition consistency
• fitness adherence
• health systems
• micro-habits
• behavior change

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Products: Oura

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