How to Shift Unwanted Persistent Behaviors (DQ Solo)

#142: I’d say eating Frosted Flakes before bed every night was a bad habit.

 

So was drinking that second 20 oz coffee every day.

 

As was binging 3+ episodes of Lost on Amazon Prime every night.

 

No matter your best intentions, you may find yourself battling with persistent unwanted behaviors with respect to:

 

• Food
• Alcohol
• Television
• Caffeine
• Porn

 

Despite your best attempts to over-correct your behaviors – like diets or abstinence periods which may work for a temporary period of time…

 

…you always seem to revert back to that familiar feeling of powerlessness.

 

In today’s episode, I’ll break down the 3 stages I typically go through in order to create long term shifts of my persistent unwanted behaviors:

 

1. Compulsive: Being controlled by my behavior
2. Controlling: Over-correcting my behavior to reestablish a temporary sense of control
3. Integrating: Forming healthy new behaviors that serve me in the long run

 

-DQ

 

PS - And yes, I did get my Frosted Flakes, coffee and Lost situations under control. ;-)