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Published: Dec. 4, 2019, 2 p.m.

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Feeling out of control with food or TV or organization or exercise? This episode is a broad overview of habit creation, where we discuss five Habit Hints:

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1. Choose just one thing to start with (and it doesn\'t matter what you choose). When we begin shifting our mindset in one area, we often experience a ripple effect to other areas (bonus!). Plus, it gives us confidence to create more changes in the areas we want to.

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2. Start where you are, and know that progress is NOT linear. Don\'t use set-backs as evidence that it\'s not working. Forward is forward; speed doesn\'t matter.

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3. Attach the new habit to pleasure. (We never get in the habit of doing anything that we hate doing.)

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4. Plan the logistics to make it as easy as possible (and if you want to stop a habit or bring awareness to a mindless habit, "reverse engineer" this to make it difficult-- for example, take the batteries out of the remote, put the candy in the far side of the house, remove social media apps from your phone etc.)

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5. One decision, one time. Decide and then stick to it. If there\'s more food on my plate than I know I should eat, instead of picking at it and mindlessly continuing to eat, I\'ll push it aside, audibly say "I\'m full," signaling to myself that the meal is complete, and I don\'t need to consider eating more food.

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