Habits: you are what you repeatedly do

by Numinus

Jun 21, 2022

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss how habits shape our lives, both for good and for not so good.

(0:58) Batman Begins
(2:25) Habit inventory
(6:30) Atomic Habits, by James Clear
(11:22) Steve's dad, Douglas H. Thayer
(12:22) Is it harder to establish a healthy habit or break an unhealthy one
(14:11) Mental illness and addiction through the lens of habit
(18:19) How practice relates to habit formation
(22:00) The Tools, by Phil Stutz
(23:29) How to establish healthy habits
(32:00) James Clear's 4 Laws of habit formation 
(38:10) Psychedelics and habit change
(45:40) Habit change research and being on autopilot 
(49:30) Mindfulness as a strategy for habit change
(55:10) Don't give up, simply begin again

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