2 Powerful Tools for Overcoming Addictive Urges

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What do you do when you are struggling with addictive urges? How can you stop yourself from compulsively doing things you later regret and falling back into bad habits?

The most effective tools I've found to deal with these issues are the 2 awareness tools I'm presenting in this video. I call them Spotlight Awareness and Embodiment.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:49 When your bad habit have the most power over you

01:26 Tool 1 - Spotlight Awareness

02:11 Checking in with Thoughts and Emotions

03:09 Keep following the thread

04:23 Underlying emotions leading to addictive behavior

06:03 Arriving at resolution

06:48 Turn it into a new habit

07:20 Tool 2 - Embodiment

07:50 How it Works

08:30 What to do if embodiment feels difficult to access

09:06 Focus on what is most noticeable

10:13 Learning to drop from your mind to your body

11:42 Rest your awareness with sensations

12:28 Why resistance doesn't work

14:30 How to combine these tools

15:37 Practicing awareness

15:58 Use these tools to make real progress

17:22 Conclusion