Effort and Change

Willpower might not be the best tool for personal change. This episode explores more effective approaches that work with our natural mental processes rather than against them—from cybernetic goal-setting and present-moment awareness to finding the real causes behind procrastination. Sometimes the gentlest path forward is also the most powerful.

This episode also appears as an article on Substack. For a link to my Substack newsletter and resources for personal growth, visit gentleshift.org.

Music: Beauty In The Mundane by Bird of Figment, featuring Cody Francis.