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In the Habit: Introduction to Changing our Behaviour

Written by: Ash Ranpura, Alice Fraser
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  • Summary

  • How can we change our behaviours? The first step is understanding our habits. For better or worse, habits are the invisible building blocks of daily life. Research suggests that about 40% of what we do is repeated almost daily and yet most of the time we aren't really aware of what's happening.

    In this series, neuroscientist Ash Ranpura and comedian Alice Fraser deep dive into the science of behaviour change. They want to find out how we can make good habits and how we can break bad ones. Along the way they meet the man who invented the science of habits, talk to a woman trying to change the world through figuring out how to make behaviour change stick and try out some of the latest tricks and techniques designed to help you change your own behaviours.

    This is the one series you should have in your headphones if you want to understand how to make positive changes in your life.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.ut 20 minutes.
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  • Ep. 1: The Power of Habit

    Ep. 1: The Power of Habit
    Jan 25 2019

    What exactly are habits? Why are they so important? And how long does it take to create them? Ash Ranpura’s wife starts by explaining what she’d like Ash to change about himself. He realises there is a lot he could change – he wants to exercise more, smoke less, drink more water, meditate more, even eat more healthily.

    Alongside him is the comedian Alice Fraser who actually has loads of really good behaviours. She runs, she meditates, she doesn’t smoke, doesn’t drink. She explains to Ash a lot of this is because she has developed good habits that are automatic. She talks to the founding father of habit science, Larry Squire, about how his ground-breaking experiments on a patient called Eugene changed how we think about habits and memory.

    Then she talks to Pippa Lally, a habit expert at UCL, about how long it takes to create automatic habits and what this means for behaviour change.
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    21 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Willpower Muscle

    Ep. 2: The Willpower Muscle
    Jan 25 2019

    How important is willpower? And how can we strengthen our self-control? Ash talks to Martin, a drug addict, now trying to kick a really bad habit. One thing Martin has trouble with is self-control. And it turns out that self-control is key to this whole conversation about behaviour change.

    Ash talks to Terrie Moffit, a professor at Duke University. Terrie explains how her pioneering work on a thousand children in Dunedin, New Zealand, shows how self-control is just as important as intelligence when determining life outcomes. Does this mean we’re all doomed? Not according to John Tierney, the author of Willpower. He says willpower is like a muscle and can be strengthened like a muscle. To explain this he tells the story of the 19th century explorer Henry Stanley. Stanley developed a series of tricks and techniques to help build his willpower in the face of the hardships he found on his travels through Africa. These are the kinds of techniques we can apply to our own lives today.
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    24 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Making New Habits

    Ep. 3: Making New Habits
    Jan 25 2019

    This episode is all about the hacks and tricks you can use to form new habits and behaviours. Ash is ready to try and start a new habit. He decides he wants to exercise every day by bicycling. So Alice sets him up with the behavioural scientist and habit expert Katy Milkman. She’s a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and she’s come up with a specific technique for starting a new habit. It’s called temptation bundling.

    Basically, you have to combine a pleasurable thing like listening to a really suspenseful audiobook with something that requires a bit of willpower like exercise. Katy helps Ash make a plan for his bicycling habit. Ash tries it out at his home in Somerset.
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super incites

This was very educational and entertaining. an easy listen with great tips to help change behavior or form a good habit.

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Enjoyable

Hosts are relatable and personable. Good advice, I hope to put some of this into practice.

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great listen! thought provoking

Loved it! I listened to it at work, where I paint and repair houses alone. I loved that I can focus on habit forming theories while I tried to make better habits myself!
Great to help you be a wee more self aware :)

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Useful & Entertaining

This was a fun series, validated some of the things I have been trying to do to change habits and added a number of new concepts to try..

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educational but delivered in a fun manner

i really enjoyed this podcast :) very eye opening.
the speakers were educated and factual without talking over your head. They kept it simple

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Engaging

I've read The Power of Habit and Atomic Habit. Listening to this series is a great way to review and summarize the learning from these books.

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Good Listen

Good listen for anyone struggling to make positive changes in their life. Breezy and conversational.

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Interesting look at how habits are formed

several great interviews that gave good insight regarding developing good habits and keeping them. very interesting topic

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Excellent Walk'n'Listen

During this time of Covid 19 crisis, I'm choosing to look on the bright side and use all of this time to learn more about myself and humanity in general. I loved this positive psychology podcast and it was a great reminder that there is so much more that I can do to feel better. I can control some of what is happening and look at this time in history as an opportunity. Thank you!! I'm already using your advice and walking while I listen ♥️. My heart thanks you! From New Brunswick Canada, be well!

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Nothing New, but Very Fun and Casual

As someone who is deeply invested in the self-improvement genre and has a strong base in habit building strategies, this podcast brings nothing new to the table. Nonetheless, Ash and Alice are quite charming and I enjoyed their company during my daily walks. I also feel like the quality of the content dropped off a bit after the 3rd episode and never made a recovery.

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