The Create Your Day Podcast
Entrepreneur productivity, CEO mindset, delegation, and operations...practical strategies to run a calm, profitable business.
You didn’t start your business to drown in tasks, context-switching, and constant interruptions.
Create Your Day gives entrepreneurs practical tools for time management, productivity, delegation, automation, SOPs, and leadership habits, so your business runs smoother and your life feels lighter.
I’m Jenn Cody - serial entrepreneur, strategist, and systems expert. Each week you’ll get no-fluff, step-by-step tactics to:
- Reclaim your calendar with time blocking and focus rituals
- Delegate and document with simple SOPs your team will actually follow
- Prioritize like a CEO (not a head firefighter)
- Build operations that scale without burning you out
Format you can expect: short solo trainings and action-first episodes you can implement the same day.
New here? Start with:
- Episode 99: "Fire, Ready, Aim: How Successful Entrepreneurs Build Businesses"
- Episode 105: “When to Pivot vs Persist (Decision Framework)”
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The Create Your Day Podcast
69. Bad Habit? Or Protective Mechanism?
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In this episode, Jenn explores how common bad habits often serve as protective mechanisms against uncomfortable emotions. She discusses how behaviors like emotional eating, people-pleasing, and procrastination are attempts to shield ourselves from difficult feelings, and offers strategies to become more aware and break these cycles.
Key Points:
1. Bad habits as protection: Many habits we consider "bad" are actually attempts to protect ourselves from uncomfortable emotions.
2. Examples discussed:
- Emotional eating
- People-pleasing
- Procrastination
3. The short-term relief vs. long-term consequences of these habits
4. Strategies to break the cycle:
- Practicing mindfulness
- Identifying root causes
- Developing healthier coping mechanisms
- Seeking support
We hope this episode was helpful to you. If you would like more information or to connect with Jenn directly, please use the following links:
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