210. How To Be Awesome At Losing Numbing Habits

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">What is your go-to activity when you want to cope with a stressing situation or procrastinate on doing something hard? <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">What do you do when you don’t want to be present in the moment?<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> What distractions do you allow when you’re working with a task that is overwhelming or uncomfortable?</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Most of us spend a good chunk of our life numbed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> Doing things without intention that don’t really make us feel fulfilled (even if we sort of think they do in the moment)… leaving us feeling more anxious, sad, sometimes lonely and less motivated and certainly moving slower towards the goals we want to accomplish.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">-Here are some examples..<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sugar, booze, hours scrolling on social media, busy being busy, online shopping, over-buying, hours spent binging TV. <span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">These habits aren't necessarily bad… but if we engage in them too often OR we think that they make us happy but actually make us feel worse OR if we are using them to numb ourselves… it’s a problem!</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Numbing habits are things we do to avoid, procrastinate or distract ourselves from really feeling the feelings we are feeling or doing the hard things that need to be done.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Today, we’re unpacking how we numb and how to undo these habits in a way that makes it last.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> So we can live very intentional and