Are you trying to eat healthier? It's a lot easier to do when you aren't forcing it.

Discover an unconventional reason to eat healthier.

Resources & References

Related episodes: Why your old patterns keep coming up (and what to do about it) Automatic patterns

Other links: Winter solstice Winter solstice diet

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Do your old patterns keep resurfacing?

This isn't a sign that you're a failure, or that you need more commitment, self-control or willpower.

It just means you need more awareness.

Resources & References

Related episode: Automatic patterns

Video: 7 ways to cultivate awareness

Kundalini yoga-related: Winter solstice Seva (aka Karma yoga) White tantric

Learning steps: Four stages of the conscious competence model

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Ever find yourself eating your feelings? Do you later regret doing that?

You don't need more self-control or more discipline. You simply need these four strategies to stop emotional eating.

Resources & References

Related episode: Procrastination & the path forward

Kundalini practice: An Easy Breathing Exercise To Help You Curb Cravings

"Addiction is a sign that a person is divided from her truth. You have feelings that are uncomfortable and food lets you stay numb and block them out." –Martha Beck, O Magazine, January 2019

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Ever wish you could pause before reacting to everything around you?

This Kundalini meditation will help you do just that.

Resources & References

More meditations: A simple practice to rise above fear How to reset yourself (in 3 minutes) Ever get in your own way? Try this A meditation for inner peace

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Ever get jealous?

Feel like that makes you a bad person?

Learn how to use jealousy as fuel for personal growth (instead of as a reason to beat yourself up).

Resources & References

Related episodes: The compulsion to compare Confidence myths

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When things don't turn out as hoped, how do you explain that to yourself?

The stories we tell ourselves help us define who we are... and ironically, sometimes, prevent us from getting what we want.

Resources & References

WWOOFing Mount Surprise (side note: our host told us the population was 70 when we were there in 2010... apparently in 2011 it was 306) Related episodes: The voice inside your head Automatic patterns How to get out of your head The compulsion to compare

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Ever worry about what other people will think?

Wish you could stop?

Fear of judgment isn't here to torment you.

It's here to show you a fear or belief you have that you haven't been willing to take responsibility for.

Resources & References

Previous episodes mentioned in this episode: Fear of judgment Are you waiting for permission? Where limiting beliefs come from Other related episodes: The voice inside your head Automatic patterns How to get out of your head The compulsion to compare Book: Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t

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Ever find yourself judging others?

Think you're a bad person for doing that?

Wish you could stop?

Learn how to use judgment as fuel for personal growth (instead of as a reason to beat yourself up).

Resources & References

The 5 Sutras of the Aquarian Age

Related episodes: The voice inside your head Automatic patterns How to get out of your head The compulsion to compare Fear of judgment

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When you don't pay attention to your life, you end up on autopilot.

Trusting your instincts can help you wake up.

Resources & References

Meditations: A meditation to help release worry & anxiety A meditation for perspective & emotional balance Related episode: How to get out of your head

"It whispers, and if you don't get the whisper, the whisper gets louder... If you don't get the whisper when it gets louder, I call it like a little pebble — a little thump — upside the head... The pebble or the thump upside the head usually [means] it's gone into a problem." –Oprah

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Seeking other people's opinions can be a way of distracting yourself from your inner knowing.

Other people can't feel what you feel. They don't know what you know. They haven't experienced what you've experienced because they aren't you, and only you know what's best for you.

(This is not to say that other people are wrong, or that you should never seek advice. But don't expect other people to validate what's true for you.)

Only you can validate your inner knowing.

Resources & References

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