Perfection vs Flexibility: The Power of Belief Systems

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Our belief system is like embedded software in our brains, making it difficult to change. We've been taught to do things a certain way for decades, leading us to believe that everything must be perfect. However, flexibility is the key to breaking free from this mindset and accommodating the needs of others while also respecting ourselves. Embracing imperfection allows other aspects of life to come alive and gives us the power to choose what truly matters. Perfection is the foundation that disrupts the potential for flexibility.

This week I was privileged to welcome Michelle Segar to the show to discuss her new book The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise. Michelle is a researcher at The University of Michigan who studies sustainable behavior change and the science of habits. In this conversation Michelle unpacks the science behind our choices and explains how thinking around behavior change has often made the mistake of an all or nothing approach to changing our habits and lifestyle.

The Joy Choice offers a fresh, brain-based solution that turns the old behavior-change paradigm on its head. This groundbreaking book liberates you from the self-defeating obligations and rigid requirements of past diet and workout regimens and reveals what emerging research suggests really drives the consistent choices that power sustainable change.

Michelle Segar, PhD is an award-winning lifestyle coach and sustainable behavior change researcher at the University of Michigan. For nearly three decades, she has pioneered methods to create sustainable healthy behavior changes that are being used to boost patient health, employee well-being, and gym membership retention.

Website: https://michellesegar.com

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