• Just One Habit

  • Aug 24 2024
  • Length: 23 mins
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Just One Habit

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  • In this episode of Navigating Nourishment Podcast, Wendy and Debbie discuss the importance of doing Just One Habit: small, consistent actions for significant life improvements. They emphasize that people often fail to achieve their goals due to unrealistic expectations and the "say-do gap." They share several real-life examples of their own habits and their clients. These habits, when practiced regularly, can lead to substantial long-term benefits. They stress accountability and the use of tools like apps to help maintain these new habits. 23 minutes Transcription (edited for readability) Small, Consistent Steps for Lasting Change Wendy 00:00 So many of our clients come to us and say, I want increased energy, clear thinking, to get back to my ideal body weight. These are some of the things people come to see us for. And one of the questions we always ask people is, how long did it take you to get where you are? Say you're 60 years old and you're 10 pounds different than you were when you were 50, or you can't run a mile at the same pace that you used to 10 years ago. Today, we're going to talk about small, little-mini-wins done consecutive over time, yielding the results that you're really looking for Debbie 00:44 You're going to walk away from this podcast with something that's really going to change your life. That's our goal, at least The "Say-Do Gap" and the Importance of Small Actions Wendy 00:53 That's right, and we want to be realistic about expectations and time. I think time gets away from us so quickly, and we have these great intentions for ourselves, and we think about it all the time, but we're not doing anything. There's this say-do gap that we see that we want to shine a light on. We’re here to give you some really easy, doable ideas. Debbie 01:24 It's like, we have these intentions about things, and time flies away from us, and here we are at the very end of summer, just like that! (snap) I know I had many intentions of things I wanted to do this summer that didn't happen and that's just an example of a couple months. But think about the years, the things that you intended to do for years now that you didn't do. Wendy 01:53 There’s a ‘static’ about that - when we want to do something and we still don't do it. Dana and I say this all the time: It's like ‘death by paper cuts,’ which is kind of this morbid idea, but it's these little things that we promise ourselves that then don't happen. That gap of promise causes us suffering. We want to shine a light on that and say you don't have to change everything in your life all at once overnight! We know with 17 plus years of coaching that that does not work. Debbie 02:34 All or nothing doesn't work. Wendy 02:39 It's proven time and time again. The marketing in this industry is sexy about these ideas of quick change. And we want to bring people back to the basics. And if this is the first time you're hearing us, my name is Wendy. Debbie 03:05 and I'm Debbie, and we're Navigating Nourishment. So let's talk about baby steps. Baby Steps and Compounding Effects Wendy 03:14 When we think of baby steps, sometimes we think we're not getting anywhere, but the compounding baby steps really takes us on long, long walks - one step at a time. And if we could strap on a little bit of curiosity and patience with ourselves, the baby steps really add up. So we have a bunch of ideas to share with you today, Debbie 03:43 We do. And here's the takeaway, we're going to share a bunch of ideas. We're asking you to choose one, just one, because it's almost impossible to not do one thing. And these one things are not big. We're talking about doing a very small, one thing that'll change your life after compounding it over and over and over and over and over…. Wendy 04:12 Here's a visual example that, before we turned on the podcast,
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