How to Explore our Addictive Behaviors (EP126)

Hey FitMama! I am here for you today with some real talk on habits and behaviors in our regular routine and looking at:

1. What are they and how do they affect us (Shopping, drinking, gambling, coffee, procrastinating etc)

2. Are they giving or taking from us? (Which one more?)

3. Do they serve us? Maybe they did in the past but they no longer do. Take stock.

When it comes to how we spend our time “working,” or “escaping,” or “self-care,” or “mom time,” or “wife time,” what are we doing that feels like we do it and we can’t stop? It lifts us in some way but really goes against our goals? Online shopping? Scrolling? Quick fixes? Drama? Stress? Drinking or drugs when you know it's not healthy? It’s giving us the dopamine hit we desire. Or lighting up that part of the brain. We try to stop and it feels hard or we give up and erode our self-trust.

Is there a habit that is getting in your way? Take a life/time audit and track what you do all day to notice any patterns of addictive behaviors (don’t hide from the subconscious ones that we do without thinking). 

1. Notice (time audit)

2. Stop

3. Go for 30-100 days

4. Feel. Do the work. Recovery awareness of self and CBT

5. Reintroduce if desired and feels safe

6. Record and remember

7. Engage in life. Notice. Want to escape from your life?

Noticing is both first and last. Are you living a life you want to escape from? This is something to be aware of. Otherwise these addictive behaviors can pop up out of the blue or have been there for years or even decades. No judgment!

I hope this episode opens up some new perspective for you. Please send me a note!

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