The Catholic Coaching Podcast 23. Breaking Bad Habits and How to be Successful
Dec 23, 2020
A faith-centered take on breaking bad habits without self-condemnation. They explore why forceful willpower fails and how cultivating curiosity and motivating emotions helps change. Discussion covers identity shifts, addressing root causes behind behaviors, and practical ways to cleanse the inside rather than just the outside. Preview of tools and next steps for building lasting transformation.
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Habits Are Outputs Not Root Causes
- Habits are outputs of an internal assembly line of thoughts and emotions, not just external behaviors.
- Matt compares fixing behavior without addressing internal causes to tinkering at the end of a machine instead of opening it up to repair the root problem.
Trace Behavior Back To Thoughts And Emotions
- To change a habit, trace backwards: identify the immediate emotion before the behavior, then the thought creating that emotion.
- Erin gives the example of overeating at night: ask what you feel, then what you think that leads to that emotion.
Becoming A Morning Person By Changing One Thought
- Erin stopped saying "I'm just not a morning person" and replaced it with believable thoughts like "There are morning people and I could be one."
- That small thought shift created curiosity, reduced dread, and made waking before six habitual for her.