The Lulu Essey Podcast
Welcome to The Lulu Essey Podcast — a raw, unedited space for honest conversations about building a life that feels deeply aligned with who you truly are.
Here we explore the full spectrum of well-being: mental fitness, emotional resilience, authentic confidence, and the courage to create a life on your own terms. Through lived experience and evidence-informed approaches, you'll discover that transformation is truly an inside job.
Each episode offers practical tools and tiny, consistent steps for navigating anxiety, uncertainty, and life's challenges. You'll learn how to build confidence from within, find calm in chaos, and deepen connection with yourself and others — one small, powerful action at a time.
Come as you are — no judgment, no quick fixes. Because creating a meaningful life isn't about perfection; it's about progress with self-compassion, acceptance, and the willingness to embrace both light and shadow on your journey.
The Lulu Essey Podcast
Why Consistency Feels So Hard & The Brain Science of Making It Stick
Why do we struggle to stay consistent, even with the things that matter most? In this transformative episode, Lulu breaks down the neuroscience of consistency and reveals the "Tiny 15-Minute Promise"—a simple yet powerful approach that changed everything for her. Discover why traditional all-or-nothing approaches set you up for failure, how to work with your brain instead of against it and why tracking your wins (instead of your misses) rewires your neural pathways for success. Whether you're building a business, improving your health, or pursuing a creative dream, this episode gives you the science-backed tools to break the frustrating start-stop cycle and make consistency a way of life. (Part 1 of 2)
Key Takeaways:
- The surprising reason why bigger goals often make consistency harder—not easier
- How 15 minutes a day is more effective than sporadic long sessions (and why neuroscience backs this)
- The power of micro-consistency: how small, daily actions create deep neural pathways
- How to train your brain to recognize: "This is important to me" through simple, repeated actions
- The hidden key to success: The most consistent people aren’t perfect—they just know how to return
- Why tracking wins instead of misses reshapes your identity and builds unstoppable momentum
- How aligning with your natural rhythms (morning person vs. night owl) makes consistency easier
- The neuroscience of habit formation: what neurotransmitters are doing when you stay consistent
- Why "overnight transformations" trigger stress—and how to set yourself up for real, lasting success
- Identifying your personal "consistency style" and making it work for you
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 - Why Consistency Feels So Challenging
6:45 - The Neuroscience of Habits & Neural Pathways
11:20 - The Game-Changing Tiny 15-Minute Promise
16:15 - Turning Overwhelming Goals into Simple Steps
20:50 - The "Track Your Wins, Not Your Misses" Tool
25:30 - How to Work WITH Your Brain’s Natural Rhythms
28:40 - The Science Behind Consistency & Habit Formation
32:00 - Preview of Part 2: How to Recover When You Fall Off Track
Powerful Quotes:
"The power isn’t in the minutes. The power is in the message you send yourself when you show up, no matter how small the action."
"The most consistent people aren’t the ones who never miss a day. They’re the ones who know how to come back when they do."
"We think bigger goals will get us faster results. But the most ambitious goal in the world means nothing if we can’t consistently show up for it."
"Every time you show up for those 15 minutes, you’re literally telling your brain, ‘This matters.’"
"Consistency is where the magic begins. It’s the birthplace of transformation, the foundation of meaningful change."
Until next time, Beautiful Souls...
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