The Create Your Day Podcast
You didn’t work this hard just to feel stuck, exhausted, or disconnected from your own life. Create Your Day is where high achieving, heart driven women come to get real about what it takes to actually feel good while building success. Hosted by Jenn Cody, your no-fluff, no-apologies bestie in your earbuds, this show dives deep into the mindset shifts, emotional wake-up calls, and small (but mighty) moves that lead to real alignment, real confidence, and a life you actually want to wake up to. If you're done with perfectionism, overthinking, and waiting for "someday," you're in the right place. Listen in for tough love, practical tools, personal stories, and a-ha moments that will leave you thinking, "Wait, why has no one ever told me this before?!" Ready to create your day (and your life) on your terms? Let’s go!
The Create Your Day Podcast
69. Bad Habit? Or Protective Mechanism?
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
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