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Emily McDonald

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Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

It's still there.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And so if you can replace the behavior with something else, then you can your brain can sort of learn, OK, this is our new immediate response.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And then, yeah, and making it harder to do.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Right.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

So that was the first thing that I did was I would create space between me and the baby.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

I put it under the car seat is why I keep referring to like down here.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

I'd be like driving and I'd put it under the passenger seat.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

But yeah, and so making it harder to do, right?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And that's for bad habits.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

But then there's also like you can use all this information to create new habits as well.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Like you can make new habits easier to do.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

How can you put it right in front of your face so that you don't forget and that it becomes new, right?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

You can also have it stacked.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

So rather than like replacing a bad habit, like how can you attach this new thing?

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Like I remember when I wanted to start meditating, for me, I started doing it just right after exercise in the morning.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And I always found that it's way easier to meditate after I've moved my body.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

Like I've always just found that that's how it feels for me.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And then, you know, that's how they do it in yoga.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

So that's how it works best for me.

Know Thyself
E192 - Emily McDonald: The Neuroscience of Transforming Yourself

And I find every time I have a client that comes to me like, oh, I can't meditate.