The Best You Podcast with Nick Carrier
Health & Fitness:Fitness
197. Eric Zimmer - How to Create Change in Your Life
Eric Zimmer is a behavior coach, author, and the host of The One You Feed Podcast. He is endlessly inspired by the quest for a greater understanding of how our minds work and how to intentionally create the lives we want to live.
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Learn more about Eric!
Website: www.oneyoufeed.net
The One You Feed on Instagram: @one_you_feed
The One You Feed on Twitter: @oneyoufeed
The One You Feed on Facebook: @1ufeed
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In this episode, Learn about:
3:29 - 4:33: Getting arrested and getting launched onto his recovery journey
8:25 - 10:21: The 2 things that need to occur for people to be sparked to make a change: combination of consequences and hope
17:11 - 20:49: The gap between knowing what to do and doing it:
1. Tactical aspects
2. Emotional regulation
21:43 - 25:43: Reasons for distraction. Stay a little bit longer with the discomfort
27:34 - 32:20: The importance of Self-compassion. Addiction as a learning disorder
36:21 - 36:43: What most people are looking for — to learn to be less reactive.
38:26 - 43:04: How to be less reactive — Time in silence, breathing. Realizing you’re about to react. Work on self-awareness.
46:18 - 48:51: How to flip a negative emotion into a positive one
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Eric’s 3 things to get closer to his best self:
Better Understand my Energy Profile
Write everyday
More consistently go out in nature
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