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291 - Why You're Using Food, Shopping, a...

Maggie Sterling
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Ever notice how you can put your phone down and then 20 seconds later it's mysteriously back in your hand? Or how you tell yourself you'll stop overeating, but then find yourself at the gas station buying snacks you don't even want?

In this episode, I'm getting real about urges - not just food urges, but ALL the urges that run our lives. The scrolling, the shopping, the working until midnight, the constant need to be doing something other than just... being here.

We just wrapped up a 3-week Urge Challenge in the club, and the insights that came out of it blew my mind. People started tracking their overeating urges and quickly realized they had urges for everything - and that maybe, just maybe, the urge isn't actually the problem.

What we're diving into:

  • Why you can put your phone down and pick it back up without even realizing it
  • The difference between an urge and your fear of the urge (spoiler: one of these is way worse)
  • How society normalizes certain escapes while shaming others
  • Why some people are getting baby chickens and accidentally losing weight
  • The weird thing that happens when you fight an urge so hard that eating becomes about ending the fight, not the food
  • What it's like to sit in an Uber without your phone (harder than you think)
  • Why working 12-hour days gets praised but it might be the same pattern as overeating

Plus, I share my own struggle with my phone and how recovering from chronic pain made my phone my unfortunate companion. Ryan jumps in with his realization about work urges and how he uses productivity to avoid... well, you'll see.

This isn't about perfection. It's about noticing what your habits are trying to tell you. Because every urge, every automatic behavior, every "I can't help it" moment - they're all messengers. The question is: are you getting the message?

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