Quit Happens | How (and why!) to strategically quit your job, leave your relationship, or part ways with toxic mindsets.

When you mention quitting, some people focus only on major things, like jobs or relationships. And while those types of quits can make a major impact on one's life, so too can the much smaller quits.

This week's guest, Dr. Greg Kelly of Neurohacker Collective, talks about how the biggest change he's experienced recently came from removing things from his mornings that help set him up for success the rest of the day. We also discuss other ways to improve productivity, including the product he helped formulate, Qualia.

It's a new year, which is often when people begin adopting clean eating and exercise habits in the name of becoming healthy. But what happens when the habits that were once aimed at bringing health are taken too far? Disordered eating, body image issues, and orthorexia (an obsession with eating foods that one considers healthy) can develop, sabotaging true emotional, mental and physical health.

Maddy Moon, an author, podcast host, retreat leader and transformational life coach, was involved all of the above, and when she decided it was time to quit, the first step was realizing that the same force was driving all of those behaviors: the need for control. Listen to the story of her journey out of the realms of pain and into the realms of pleasure where she found love for herself and her body.

One Christmas a young Dr. Mike Woo-Ming was on call in the ER and encountered a doc who looked much older than him…but wasn't. That doctor said after years of practice he still had to work holidays to be able to support his family.

When Mike realized this could be his future if he continued practicing medicine as he had been, he went to work changing his present. He started companies, left clinical medicine for a time, and has been wildly successful as an entrepreneur. He now aims to pass on what he learned to other physicians who want to take control of their financial futures.

This week's Quit of the week is Quitting Holiday Dread!

This one goes out to those who have to face the holidays alone. I'm right there with you, and we'll make it through...together:)

Is running around trying to get everything ready and perfect for your holiday celebrations turning you into the grinch?

I've got some tips for bringing a little space and calm back into your life, and a reminder that no one is expecting perfection in presents, they're just happy to have your presence:)

Think about how many times we are disappointed with ourselves because we feel we are not yet a 'success,' or worse, that something we tried to do was a 'failure.'

This week's guest, Solonia Tedros, suggests we take a look at success and failure not as these giants in our head to be achieved or feared, but rather all parts of the journey of self-discovery. She defines success as being able to arrive at your purpose, and recommends that instead of evaluating every move as a success or failure, we instead check in with ourselves and our growth.

Have you ever worked for years to achieve your dream job, only to realize that it wasn't nearly as dreamy as it may have seemed?

Author, founder, and coach extraordinaire Ajit Nawalkha experienced just that feeling after working years to become the CEO of Mindvalley. At which point he came to the realization that you can earn a living without sacrificing your quality of life. His story is a true inspiration to those whose dream big, for it shows you can not only achieve those dreams, but you can also strategically walk away if and when those achievements no longer serve you.

"There's more to life than this."

That ONE thought sent Wellness Force founder and host Josh Trent on a journey of self-exploration and creation that has allowed him to grow through the discomfort of the changes life has thrown his way. He has learned that the only way he can heal and evolve and expand his consciousness is simply to tell the truth until it's no longer uncomfortable. Thanks to the multitude of experiences along his journey, including the many quits he's faced along the way, Josh is now able to speak and share from a place he's been, which is evident in the wisdom he shares as one of today's strongest voices in the movement of emotional and physical intelligence.

Often the transitions in life, and the quitting that comes along with them, can seem very heavy. The weight of concerns about everything from finances to loss of identity can intensify a trying time.

Enter Jason Goldberg. This speaker, author, transformational coach and self-proclaimed edu-tainer is here to inject a spirit of play into those times. He suggests that the more we can have a casual relationship with our psychology, the more we can relax enough to see possibilities and solutions that may have eluded us before.

I am forever grateful to this week's guest, Well Woman Show host Giovanna Rossi, for being the first to discuss how quitting a mindset led to her quitting SMOKING! Because behind most bad habits is a limiting belief or out-of-alignment situation that needs to go that's leading to reaching for something unhealthy, be it cigarettes, too much alcohol, gambling, or junk food.

Giovanna found that getting real with herself and getting clear on her true identity helped her quit an identity she'd been protecting, and the smoking that came along with it. Once she started peeling the layers away, it because easy to keep going and keep the quits flowing.