habits

The Chemistry Behind Habit Formation

The Chemistry Behind Habit Formation

Have you ever tried to make a positive change in your life and discovered that it was a lot more difficult than you initially expected?

If so, you are not alone! As frustrating as it can be to struggle to improve, understanding the process of change can provide valuable insights and the motivation to keep pushing forward when the going gets hard. And to understand how change occurs within ourselves, let’s take a look at another type of transformation: chemical reactions.

Habits: Who Can I Become?

Habits: Who Can I Become?

Our lives are the result of many small habits we perform day after day, some good and some bad. Most of our habits have become so ingrained in who we are, we don’t even think about them anymore. All throughout our day, our productivity, health, and happiness (or lack thereof) are largely due to our habits. For most of us, the good habits outnumber the bad, which helps us to lead productive, satisfying lives. But what if we’ve gotten in a funk or are feeling overwhelmed or just don’t feel as happy as we want to? What if we want to be someone different, but we just can’t figure out how to do it? Day after day, we set goals and find ourselves never achieving them; our old habits are stifling whom we know we have the potential to become.