Have you ever told yourself you have no follow-through? That you just can't stick to anything so why even bother starting again?

I believed that about myself for years... until one evening in the shower I stopped and asked: is that actually true?

This is my first episode in a new, more intimate format — think less-produced, more like the voice notes you get from your best friends. And I'm kicking it off with something I had to work through in real time: the mean inner critic who kept telling me I was terrible at habits, that I'd broken my own trust, that I didn't even love myself... and the two realizations that finally shut her up.

In this episode:

• How I caught my inner critic red-handed and the one question that dismantled her whole story
• The habits I'd actually been keeping for months, years even (that I never gave myself credit for)
• Why the habits that stuck were the ones I held loosely — no streaks, no pressure, no drama
• How adding weight and meaning to a habit is often the very thing that makes it collapse
• The gentler, "do it because it feels good" approach I'm bringing to waking at 5am and exercise
• Why missing a day (or a week or a month) doesn't mean you've failed — you just... pick it back up

Here's the heart of it: you probably have more follow-through than your inner critic gives you credit for. And the secret to habits that last might not be more discipline — it might be less pressure.

Come catch up with me, love. 🤍

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