Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

NEVER FAIL TO BREAK A BAD HABIT AGAIN

15 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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A short monologue (YouTube video) arguing that changing habits is not about willpower but about awareness and feeling—habits form to avoid unpleasant feelings, giving brief relief that perpetuates cycles (including addiction). The speaker contrasts momentary relief (feeding a want to feel better) with unmet needs (for example, connection), describes addictive behavior as layering “band aids,” and emphasizes understanding how the brain works as necessary for change.

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If you want to change a habit it's not about willpower we don't really have willpower what we do have is awareness we can't think our way out of a habit because that's not how they form we have to feel our way out how does this relate to addiction? It's really about just seeing oh these are habits and the behavior that I have is driven because I feel unpleasant I want to make that go away because often we get this brief relief but we have to see that that's actually perpetuating the cycle and it's just feeding a want which is I want to feel better and instead of meeting a need which is I need connection and then we get addicted to that because we're just putting band aids upon band aids upon band aids because we don't know how our brains work because if we don't know how our brain works how can we possibly put our brain to work for us? And the only way to change it is to.