{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F4345bb13-fa95-4f59-87b9-8d679da13a8f","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 173: Keeping Commitments to Yourself","description":"When we don't keep the commitments we make to ourselves, we may stop trusting ourselves, which can have devastating consequences. In this episode, Shannon and Janine discuss some strategies for keeping the commitments we make and trusting ourselves again.\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 Feeling icky when we let ourselves down\n\u2022 Case in point: Janine's daily yoga practice, which has been faltering\n\u2022 Shannon's sage advice: Get in touch with why the commitment is important\n\u2022 Thinking about the easiest thing you can do to get some of the good feeling you're seeking\n\u2022 How it can feel harder to restart when you've broken a commitment to yourself\n\u2022 Acknowledging the hard feeling and restarting anyway\n\u2022 The disappointment of not living up to the identity you set for yourself\n\u2022 Ignoring that disappointment and instead embracing the identity you seek\n\u2022 Following an impulse to do something, even if it's imperfect\n\u2022 Making it easy to act on those impulses\n\u2022 How a daily practice makes acting imperfectly easier\n\u2022 Another case in point: Shannon's daily illustrating-her-day creativity practice\n\u2022 Making your commitment to yourself easy enough you actually do it\n\u2022 Shannon's amazing Duolingo streak: 599 days in a row of learning Portuguese!\n\u2022 A self-reinforcing benefit of keeping your commitments to yourself: You start to trust yourself\n\nVisit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for an update.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}