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For today’s episode, Dr. Minni Malhotra moves away from the medical part of polycystic ovarian syndrome to work on the psychological aspects of it – namely, habits! PCOS is a hormonal imbalance that can cause a neurotransmitter imbalance, making it hard for people to get themselves motivated. Low motivation makes breaking habits very difficult so today you’ll hear all about where habits come from, how they work, the purpose of habits, and how to find the motivation to break bad ones! Fortunately, while habits shape us, we are not the sum total of them, so tune in and hear how to see habits for what they are and learn to replace the bad with the good and start living healthier, happier lives!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Hormonal imbalances caused by PCOS that cause psychological imbalances.
• How hard it is to break bad habits having PCOS and tips for breaking them.
• Learn that while we are not our habits, habits play a central role in all we do. 
• Daily habits we have, and how they get created and imprinted in the brain through routines.
• The three parts of the brain and how the reptilian part creates habits for survival.
• Why old bad habits return due to their neural pathways never dying.
• Excuses we make to give into brain urges and keep fueling old, bad habits.
• Why it is so hard to break habits using willpower: they are a survival mechanism.
• How to break bad habits without using willpower by having a dialogue with the reptilian brain.
• Forgiving yourself if you let the bad habit win and realizing it’s not you and takes time to beat.
• Resources to consult to help with breaking bad habits such as Jim Fortin’s Podcast.

Tweetables:

“First, we create habits and then habits create us. That is said by Buddha.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:03:53]

“When you want to actually break a habit, what do you have to do? You have to do certain things. You have to first dialogue with your reptilian brain because you have to dismiss the habit voice.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:08:41]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Minni Malhotra on LinkedIn

Dr. Minni Malhotra Email

Anchor Wellness Center

Discovery Call with Anchor Wellness Center

Jim Fortin

The Jim Fortin Podcast