Changing your habits with kindness, with Shahroo Izadi

Have you tried to make changes to your life? Drink less, get into shape, or other things to improve your health? How often have you berated yourself when you can't keep it up, when you fail to reach your goal? This week, I'm speaking to Shahroo Izadi about how kindness is key to achieving our goals and changing our habits.  Shahroo is a Behavioural Change Specialist, speaker and bestselling author. Her approach is influenced by the experience that she gained working in the addiction treatment field. She has since been dedicated to highlighting what those in long-term recovery from substance misuse can teach the general population about motivation, self-compassion and self-awareness.  Her first book, The Kindness Method, was released in June 2018. She was named as one of Red Magazine's Smart Women of 2018 and selected for Marie Claire’s 2019 verified Power with Purpose List, and in November 2019 she was given the ‘Thought Leader of the Year’ Award at House of Lords. Her second book, The Last Diet was published in the UK in 2019 and USA in 2020.   We talk about: 4:09 Shahroo's mission: The Kindness Method 5:59 Shahroo's weight loss journey 8:34 Accepting natural weight fluctuations 10:30 External validation from weight loss 14:20 Changing your attitude to your body 16:15 Evaluating your emotional toolkit 17:45 The diet industry 18:19 Perfectionism 21:20 Common sticking points over change 24:29 Acting as if you like yourself 26:59 Dealing with our instant gratification world 30:00 Treating change as an experiment 30:47 Creating a path of least resistance for yourself 33:00 Controlling what you can change 34:33 Considering motivation for change 36:12 Creating change in relationships 41:00 Authenticity and vulnerability as practitioners 46:22 Shahroo's take away for you Find Shahroo at  Website: www.shahrooizadi.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @shahrooizadi Instagram: @shahroo_izadi Order my book, The Lasting Connection, here Find me at www.thethomasconnection.co.uk Instagram: @the_thomas_connection Facebook: www.facebook.com/thethomasconnection Pause Purpose Play Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/pausepurposeplay    This episode was edited by Emily Crosby Media