Recognize & Replace: The Smart Way to Change Habits (Hint: Don’t Fight the Trigger)

Most people try to eliminate bad habits by using willpower to fight the urge. That’s why most people fail.

In this episode, I break down the “R” in my BREAK Method - Recognize & Replace - and why habit replacement succeeds where elimination fails.

You’ll learn:

• Why your brain creates habit loops and why fighting them backfires

• How to identify what emotional need your destructive habit is actually meeting

• My personal example of replacing snacks with success

• The difference between healthy replacement habits and just swapping addictions

• How to use your existing triggers as cues for better choices instead of battling them

This isn’t about white-knuckling your way through change. It’s about working with your brain’s natural wiring instead of against it.

If you’ve tried to “just stop” a habit and failed, this episode explains why willpower isn’t enough and gives you a smarter approach that actually works.

Stop lying to yourself. It’s time to get real about what’s actually sabotaging your life.

In this episode, I’m breaking down the first step of my signature BREAK method - Become Aware. This isn’t about toxic positivity or pretending everything’s fine. This is about that brutal honesty moment where you finally admit what habits are keeping you stuck.

**What You’ll Learn:**

✅ Why awareness without action is just expensive therapy

✅ The difference between knowing you have a problem and actually admitting it

✅ How to identify the habits that are secretly sabotaging your success

✅ Why most people stay stuck in denial (and how to break free)

✅ The exact questions to ask yourself to uncover your blind spots

**From Grammy collaborations to rock bottom to building multiple businesses** - I’ve been where you are. I know what it’s like to know better but not do better. And I’m going to show you how to bridge that gap.

This is episode 1 of my 5-part BREAK Method series. If you’re tired of knowing what to do but not actually doing it, this series will change everything.

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In this raw and honest episode of the "Becoming Herself" podcast, I'm diving into a topic we all face: survival mode. It's that feeling of being stuck on a treadmill of trying and grinding, without a sense of progress or joy. It's often rooted in our conditioning and past traumas, and it keeps us from truly thriving.

I'm sharing five powerful ways to know if you're in survival mode, along with a bonus insight that could be the key to reclaiming your personal power.

In this episode, we'll cover:

• Why the second voice in your head is your brain, not your intuition, and how it keeps you from taking action.

• The danger of saying "I'm fine" when you're not, and how emotional suppression keeps you stuck in a loop of anger and frustration.

• How negative inner self-talk is a learned behavior that reinforces past trauma.

• The surprising link between avoiding joy and staying in a mindset of lack.

• Why keeping toxic people around is a self-sabotaging habit.

• Bonus: The single biggest thing keeping you in survival mode.

Ready to make the shift? You're not alone. I talk about all of this in my book, Happy Habits, and my FOCUS Framework helps you get in tune with yourself right now.

Download my freebies: Get the first chapter of Happy Habits, the FOCUS Framework Workbook, and a free affirmation song, "Power." Visit: becomingherself.com/newsletter

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Ready to unlock your inner strength and truly become yourself?

➡️ Download your FREE Happy Habits Book & FOCUS Framework Workbook. Get three powerful tools to help you create more structure, clarity, and discipline in your life. Visit: becomingherself.com/newsletter

🎧 Listen to more episodes of the Becoming Herself podcast on www.linkin.bio/zaje

🎶 Listen to "Power" by Zaje' Brown-Richardson on YouTube: • Affirmation Music | so...

📘 Get my book, "Happy Habits: A Practical Guide for Your Spiritual Awakening," on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

IG: www.instagram.com/zajerichardson

Happy Habits on Amazon: https://a.co/d/3wCm8b0

Happy Habits on Barnes & Noble:

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