Emotional eating doesn't happen because you don’t have willpower. Hear about the biochemical basis of weight gain and mood swings in this episode. Host Michael Anne Conley interviews Julia Ross, author of the new edition of The Diet Cure. This episode includes an experiential exercise. To explore more about holistic and somatic ways to free yourself from problem habits, visit habitsintohealth.com .

Emotional eating, or “mouth hunger” has all kinds of impacts on your health. In this episode, host Michael Anne Conley shares a perspective about how to start dealing with emotional eating. This episode includes an experiential exercise. To explore more about holistic and somatic approaches to freeing yourself from problem habits, visit habitsintohealth.com.

Getting in touch with your relationship to food starts not with what you eat, but HOW you eat. In this episode of Habits into Health, host Michael Anne Conley offers one way to address this. This episode includes an experiential exercise. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com.

Nicotine is the hardest of habits to stop – even when you’re ready. If you smoke, or know someone who does, you probably know all the facts about the dangers of smoking. But people don’t change because of facts. Smoking happens to be the main lifestyle habit that is tied to increased risk of cancer, and if knowing this fact were enough, none of us would ever start smoking in the first place. This dilemma about nicotine addiction is an excellent example of why willpower is not enough to change any problem habit. And shaming people into change doesn’t help either. In this episode of Habits into Health, host Michael Anne Conley offers perspective to support your exploration of changing this – or any other habit that has gotten the better of you. This episode includes an experiential exercise. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com.

A recent study indicates that lifestyle habits are linked to more than 50% of all cancer. In this episode, host Michael Anne Conley opens a conversation about the dance between taking responsibility and placing blame when you have a habit that may put you at risk. This episode includes an experiential exercise. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com

We all want our rewards, and many a time, we don’t even know that we have expectations until they haven’t been met. In this episode, host Michael Anne Conley offers the 4th Path to Emotional Sanity, which reinforces the benefits of letting go of our expectations. This episode includes an experiential exercise. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com

An old saying is that we humans are “creatures of habit.” We develop behavior patterns as an ordinary, basic skill of being human. Some behaviors helped us survive in the past – but get in the way of progress now. When the consequences lead to disappointment, it helps to have reinforcement for the changes you want to make. In this episode, host Michuael Anne Conley offers the third of Four Paths to Emotional Sanity, which is to be honest with yourself and others. This episode includes experiential exercises. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com

We human beings are social animals, and no matter how isolated you may feel in the moment, your connection with others is one of the most life affirming experiences you can give yourself. When you’re facing a transition, it helps to have reinforcement for the changes you want to make. This is especially true when life hands us situations that distract us from our goals. In this episode host Michael Anne Conley offers the second of Four Paths to Emotional Sanity, which offer reinforcement to help you stay steady even when life isn’t. This episode includes experiential exercises. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com

In the process of changing ourselves, we all need reinforcement, especially on days when the pressures of life create situations or distractions that tempt us away from our goals.

In this show host Michael Anne Conley offers the first episode of four about the Four Paths to Emotional Sanity, which offer reinforcement to help you stay steady even when life isn’t. This episode includes experiential exercises. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com

In this podcast, host Michael Anne Conley reveals the benefit of stress-reduction strategies for women who are dealing with substance addictions, especially for cocaine, but even for other problems. This episode includes experiential exercises to help listeners reduce stress. To explore more, go to habitsintohealth.com