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Eric Zimmer, a behavior coach and the host of The One You Feed podcast, joins Forrest and Rick to explore what really supports us in changing our ingrained patterns of behavior through the lens of Eric\u2019s journey with addiction and recovery. They share the key lessons from speaking with hundreds of experts, the role of insight, why some people go from insight to action and others don\u2019t, acceptance, shame, and responsibility, and the balance between determinism and agency.\nAbout our Guest: Eric is a behavior coach, interfaith spiritual director, and host of The One You Feed, which has over 500 episodes and 25 million downloads. At 24, Eric was homeless and addicted to heroin. In the years since he\u2019s been in recovery, built a meaningful and fulfilling life for himself, and has used the lessons from his own life to help others do the same.\nWatch the Episode: Prefer watching video? You\xa0can watch this episode on YouTube.\nNew Online Course From Dr. Rick: Learn the tools you need to build strong, healthy, fulfilling relationships of all kinds in Rick's new Strong Heart Relationship Series. The program begins on February 18th, and all the teaching is recorded so you can watch on your own schedule. Visit RickHanson.net/strongheart\xa0to learn more and get 20% with coupon code BeingWell20.\nKey Topics:\n0:00: Introduction\n2:25: The parable of the two wolves\n7:45: Applying our values to our own mental processes\n13:00: Change as a three part process: insight, acceptance, and action\n14:50: Why some people have an easier time changing than others\n19:30: Continuous feedback, quick iterations, and where you rest your mind\n23:00: Do we all have the same level of choice?\n26:40: Shame, and differing interventions for differing levels of agency\n32:40: Feeding the good wolf\n40:35: How to want what\u2019s good for us\n47:10: Acceptance, responsibility, and beginner\u2019s mind\n50:10: What\u2019s missing from the abstinence model?\n52:20: Innate goodness, bumping into enlightenment, and self-compassion\n1:01:50: \u201cDevote yourself to what remains\u201d\n1:03:55: Recap\n\xa0\nSupport the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link.\nSponsors: This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp, and you can join over a million people using the world\u2019s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!\nWant to sleep better? Try the Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription.\nConnect with the show:\n\nSubscribe on iTunes\n\nFollow Forrest on YouTube\n\nFollow us on Instagram\n\nFollow Forrest on Instagram\n\nFollow Rick on Facebook\n\nFollow Forrest on Facebook\n\nVisit Forrest's website