I'm joined today by leading lifestyle behaviour change specialist Dr Heather Mckee to talk about one of my favourite topics, habits.

Having studied health behaviour change psychology for 10 years, her mission is to offer a sustainable, evidence-based alternative to an industry saturated with quick fixes and health fads.

In today's conversation among other things we talk about:

- What is a habit?

- Frequency of habits (including annually!)

- Why we get distracted from our new habits

- The link between goals, motivation and habits

- Goal dilution, and how to avoid it

- Values and identity in relation to habits

- The role of curiosity and self-compassion in change

- Creating systems for change

- The role your environment plays in sustaining change

- Skillpower over willpower

- Building Bite-Sized habits

Heather referenced some a number of studies and resources during our conversation, and here are some direct links if you want to explore further:

Wendy Wood:

- Podcast episode (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZUfGd8WLyzTvjligc4u3O?si=ViTIgRaASQqFtLKjdPATMg&dl_branch=1&nd=1)

- Summary of key studies (https://behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BSP_vol1is1_Wood.pdf)

- Good Habits Bad Habits book (https://behavioralscientist.org/good-habits-bad-habits-a-conversation-with-wendy-wood/)

Katy Milkman's book 'How To Change' (https://www.katymilkman.com/book)

Dr Heather McKee's website (https://www.drheatherspeaks.com/) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/drheathermckee/)

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