Tune in to hear easy strategies for changing your habits and getting from where you are today to where you want to be.
| |  | | Psychological Tricks for Creating Lasting Change With Professor Katy Milkman | | | | On today's episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast, I talk with business professor and best-selling author Katy Milkman about the science of lasting behavior change. | She shares her easy-to-understand strategies for changing your habits, and getting from where you are today to where you want to be.
Why Katy Milkman Is Mentally Strong
Katy invests her time into better understanding behavior change, and how she can help her readers and listeners apply that knowledge to their daily lives.
She freely shares her own habits and how her research has changed how she approaches behavior change. For example, she discovered that listening to audiobooks while working out increases her chances of exercising. She paired something fun with something she doesn't really enjoy, and it motivated her to exercise more often.
Katy even talks about studies that don't align with her expectations, such as the exercise study she conducted with Google. However, her willingness to share her insight to help others is one of her mental strengths.
What You'll Hear on the Show
- Why Katy focuses on getting rid of the obstacles to change rather than steps to create the change
- Why flexibility might be more important than a set schedule when it comes to sticking to habits
- The most important steps you should take if you want to establish a new habit
- The critical things you should do if you want to eliminate a bad habit
- How to stop being lazy
- How to develop just the right amount of confidence for success
- Why you should incorporate fun into your plan to reach your goals
- Where to meet people who can help you reach your goals
Most goals fail. And if you aren't strategizing and making plans and setting goals and figuring out what could stand in your way and using the best science-based strategies, you're not giving yourself the best chance at success."
What You'll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
Sometimes people assume you should be mentally strong enough to change your habits no matter what. And any failed attempts is a sure sign of weakness.
But, it's clear that certain modifications to the environment can be key to creating lasting change. Setting yourself up for success is a sign of strength, not weakness.
Some mental health problems can make it more difficult to create change. Depression, for example, might try to convince you that your efforts won't work. Anxiety might tell you that bad things are going to happen if you try to change.
But, mental health issues don't mean change is impossible. It's just another obstacle that you can work on addressing as you strive toward your goals. | | | |  | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Healthy Mind newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. | | A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 | | | | | | | 
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