Healthy Eating Overview Video – Advanced Track
If you’re in the Advanced track, welcome! I encourage you to watch the regular Healthy Eating overview video, and follow along with this challenge like everyone else … even if you’ve done it before. In this video, I share why I think it’s worthwhile to do Healthy Eating more than once, especially if you’d like […]
Quitting a Bad Habit
In this challenge we will go week by week through fundamental things for quitting bad habits – this is an advanced challenge, we assume you already have some fundamental skills in habits.
Webinar: Decluttering and Simple Living
In this webinar, I talk about Decluttering and Simplicity. I’ve broken this webinar recording into two parts: Part I – My Talk: What applies both for Declutter and Simple Living (See notes) Part II – Questions & Answers: I answered some really great questions from some amazing people, please watch! Part I: Leo’s Talk (with […]
Webinar Recording: A Primer on Quitting
In this webinar, I went over the mechanics of quitting a habit, how to choose a “bad” habit to quit, and how to overcome common obstacles. The notes are below … you can watch the video here, or download it here to watch on your computer/device. The Notes What are bad habits? Things that cause […]
A Meditation on Coping with Difficult Feelings
By Leo Babauta In this video, I talk about how our bad habits are a result of wanting to run away from, or avoid, the difficult feelings that we inevitably deal with on a daily basis: Stress Sadness/depression Anger/frustration/irritation Loneliness Feeling overwhelmed Feeling guilty Feeling bad about yourself These are things we must cope with, […]
Dealing with Opposition from Others
When you’re quitting a bad habit, sometimes the biggest obstacle isn’t you — it’s the people around you. Those bastards. The opposition can come in many forms: Your spouse/partner feels threatened by this new change you’re making and seems to resent it. Perhaps you both drink alcohol or smoke together and you’re trying to quit, […]
Continuing Your Quit, & How to Manage Multiple Habits
As we wrap up our month of Quitting a Bad Habit, the question is, “Where do I go from here if I haven’t completely quit yet?” Even if all has gone well, you might not be completely over your bad habit. And for many of you, things haven’t gone “perfectly” (which is totally fine!), and […]
1. Video Lesson: Long – Term
Welcome to Lesson 8 of the Quitting a Bad Habit Challenge! In this lesson, we are talking about how to continue: If obstacle comes up – let it become your practice ground. Whatever comes up, take a note of it, use it to practice with. Assess yourself. Regular reviews. Every week. If you are struggling, […]