If You’re Struggling To Create/Break Habits, Try This | Wendy Wood

EPISODE 143 - Wendy Wood is Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at the University of Southern California and author of the book Good Habits, Bad Habits. For the past 30 years, she has studied the nature of habits, how they form, and why they are so difficult to break. In the episode, Wendy explains the role of willpower in forming new habits, how to create and break habits more easily, what to do if you’re a parent of young kids and your life has been turned upside down…and more!
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QUESTIONS I ASK WENDY IN THE EPISODE:

I think I know what a habit is, but as a researcher who has studied habits for years, how do you define a habit? Why is it important that we understand the ins and outs of habits?
What's the deal with self-control and willpower? Do some people have better self-control than others? Should we be striving to have stronger willpower?
What are your top tips/tricks for establishing good habits?
Walk us through how you'd break a bad habit like emotional eating...
Let’s talk about rewards. How do you start to recognize and feel rewards in behaviors that you don’t really like but want to keep doing?
You discuss the fact that having young kids can disrupt routine and result in fewer habitual behaviors for parents. Do you have any advice for parents of young kids who are wanting to establish good habits?
Why is a move or another big life change—like a breakup—an opportune time to pick up good habits and break bad ones?
After years of researching habits, is there anything you've changed your mind about?

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