78. An easier alternative to willpower

The Pleasure Project with Dana Skoglund · Oct 18, 2022 · 8m

If you've ever tried to use willpower to start or stop doing something, you know how unsustainable it can be.

It's really challenge to stop doing something you WANT to do. Just as trying to make yourself do something you DON'T want to do is just as hard.

They key to sustainable change is to change your desire.

In this episode I share how I went from tolerating meditation to LOVING it, and how I went from craving cigarettes 20 years ago to being repulsed by them. It's easy for me to meditate when I want to do it, just as it's easy for me not to smoke.

If you want to create permanent changes in…