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Building Your Willpower Muscle with Dr. Gina Cleo

By September 6, 2024Free Videos

In this live recorded webinar, our founder Glenn Mackintosh hosts habits guru Dr. Gina Cleo, as she helps participants to understand willpower and self control in a new way, outlines some fascinating emerging neuroscience behind willpower, and supports the participants to build their mental muscles!

Glenn also invites participants to master the mindset for habit change and rewire their brains with the power of neuroscience in a 12-week webinar series Gina is delivering in his online program, the Transformation Support Community.

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Find out more about the Creating Your Healthiest Habits Webinar Series

Find out more about the Transformation Support Community Online Program that contains Gina’s three webinar series.

 

CHAT BOX TRANSCRIPT:

00:22:53 Chris: Hello from Mildura
00:23:01 Georgie: Hello from Sydney
00:23:02 Lisa: Hello from Brisbane!
00:23:04 Carolyn: Hi From New Zealand
00:23:11 Lisa: Hi from Hobart!
00:23:18 Rejane: Hi Rejane here from Tea Tree Hobart
00:23:22 Amanda: Hi from Brisbane
00:23:25 Angie: Hello from the Gold Coast
00:23:25 Abbi: Hi from London!
00:23:25 Matt: Hello from Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
00:23:27 Tania: Hi from Melbourne
00:23:30 Brooke: Hi from Indianapolis, Indiana!
00:23:33 Anne-Maree: Tassie
00:23:36 Bernadette: I’m joining from Newcastle (NSW). Hi.
00:23:36 Rachel: Hey from Rocky in CQ
00:23:58 Belinda: Hi from Newcastle but in PJ’s 🙂
00:24:40 Weight Management Psychology: About Gina: https://programs.glennmackintosh.com/gina-cleo
00:32:53 Glenn Mackintosh: Let us know guys – where would you like to have more willpower?
00:33:39 Carolyn: in the evening….
00:33:43 Glenn Mackintosh: Mine would be resisting the next episode of the show I’m watching and heading off to bed 🙂
00:33:58 Carolyn: making better choices in evening
00:35:53 Andrew: Actioning new important initiatives over seemingly “urgent” smaller tasks
00:36:57 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “Actioning new import…”

That’s a good one!
00:37:08 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “Actioning new import…”

I share this too 🙂
00:38:41 Rachel: Making time for self-care & relinquishing the concept that things must be done immediately & can’t wait
00:41:11 Brooke: Having the willpower to know that I cannot just give 100% to my family every day and 0% to myself. I need to take care of myself as well to be my best for my family.
00:42:35 aisha: what was the second point glen?
00:43:05 Glenn Mackintosh: Aisha is was to practice mindfulness meditation!
00:43:16 aisha: thank you!
00:45:41 Matt: Guilty with caffeine
00:46:58 Anne-Maree: Tai Chi is great for reducing stress and increasing mindfulness. I teach this.
00:47:01 Glenn Mackintosh: Hey, I only did that once! HAHAHAHA
00:48:12 Eddie: I have been reading about Lifetraps, especially those experienced from childhood. I believe the habits we exhibit are from an early age.
00:49:51 Bernadette: I didn’t know that watermelon is high GI!
00:50:13 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “I didn’t know that w…”

I know, right!
00:51:03 Glenn Mackintosh: Great interaction guys, we’d love to hear what your favourite strategy is / one you’d like to practice or give a go to!
00:51:43 aisha: no sugar after dinnner
00:51:44 Caroline: Do we get access to the slides if we are in the transformation community Glenn/Gina? sometimes it’s cool to just have a quick look through the slides rather than re watch the whole webinar.
00:52:44 Glenn Mackintosh: And guys, we’re going to have time for some interaction / problem solving / workshopping soon, so please, let us know if you have any questions or challenges with building your willpower muscle 🙂
00:52:56 Brooke: I want to create the practice of mindfulness and meditation. I want to tap into my inner thoughts and see what I am truly capable of.
00:53:48 Georgie: I would like to start self-discipline
00:53:59 M B: I am doing breathing breaks but I want to introduce your idea of muscle tensing.
00:54:12 Andrew: Being stronger with creating and sticking to a healthy bedtime routine.
00:54:21 Weight Management Psychology: Creating Your Healthiest Habits Series: https://programs.glennmackintosh.com/Creating-Your-Healthiest-Habits-Series-With-Dr-Gina-Cleo
00:56:10 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “Do we get access to …”

Hi Caroline – we don’t always share the slides, BUT there is a 50 + page workbook that comes with the series (the content in there mimics the main content in the webinars, so it sort of acts like the ‘slides’, although sometimes in more detail!) 🙂
00:56:16 Sue: I would like to be able to maintain my gratitude practice and meditation when my routine changes. I’d really like to work on regular meals and enough sleep.
00:56:24 Chris: I am currently listening to Gina’s audio book. Already implementing things I have learnt to change my Cola habit back to a drinking water habit. Only just started but feeling very good about it.
00:58:07 Maria: Sorry I missed this – are these sessions a separate thing run by this presenter as her own business?
00:58:18 Sue: Resetting after two weeks of illness. I’ve lost a lot of my habits i’d been working on, get gradually back to my healthy habits
00:58:48 Caroline: I want to be more routine based so things don’t seem so overwhelming all the time.
00:59:59 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “Sorry I missed this …”

That’s okay Maria. These sessions are being run in our online program, the Transformation Support Community!
01:00:42 Caroline Munchenberg: Replying to “Do we get access to …”

👍
01:01:15 Brooke: Thank you so much Dr. Cleo! Looking forward to Sept. 16 and making life FOREVER changes!
01:02:07 Tanya K: Replying to “Do we get access to …”

As an ADHDer, I like to do a lot of exercise, but I also tend to reward myself for this, through a sneaky treat. This happens more often than not. How can I break this habit?
01:02:33 Matt: Is there an easy method to reset our dopamine system? In the sense of not craving the immediate gratification of things
01:03:23 Caroline: Replying to “Do we get access to …”

Awesome Gina, today felt overwhelming whereas other days have felt more motivating. Can it be tiring when we are forming new habits? Do we need to rest and give ourself grace at times?
01:03:38 Carolyn: Need to go…looking forward to this course 👍😀❤️ Thanks Glenn and Gina
01:04:16 Weight Management Psychology: What a good student you are Glenn 🙂
01:04:19 Tran: I have read a few different sources about how long it typically takes for a habit to “stick”, and it seems to be a wide range, from 21 days to something like 6 months! Could you share some information on this please?
01:05:23 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “Need to go…looking…”

Thank you Carolyn! Good to see you 😀
01:06:24 Glenda Blackwell: I heard that forming a habit had to do with layering of myelin sheath . ???
01:07:09 Dorothy: Newvie to all of this neuroscience here. Can I check what the 12 week programme is eg do you do this at your own pace, or is this a live zoom programme please?
01:08:08 Georgie: What is the start time and what is the duration of the live webinar?
01:08:30 Caroline: 🩷
01:08:48 Dorothy: I was thinking about the 2 week trial, Im not sure what that includes?
01:09:24 Glenn Mackintosh: Replying to “I was thinking about…”

I’ll jump on and answer in a second Dorothy – let me know if I miss anything 🙂
01:10:07 Brooke: Is there a way to release guilt for feeling selfish for trying to add time for yourself and not giving 100% of your energy to family or friends?
01:11:25 Weight Management Psychology: Email support@transformationsupportcommunity.com
01:11:27 Georgie: Thank you
01:11:47 Weight Management Psychology: Transformation Support Community: https://programs.glennmackintosh.com/transformation-support-community
01:13:04 Dr. Gina Cleo: Replying to “What is the start ti…”

Start time is 7PM EAST and go for 1 hour 🙂 the sessions are also recorded so you can access them anytime
01:13:42 Dr. Gina Cleo: Replying to “I heard that forming…”

That’s the process of strengthening habits. The stronger the neural connections the stronger the habit is 🙂
01:13:52 Andrew: Thank you Gina! You are a legend it’s about time I tap into your habit-changing expertise 🙂 Thanks Glenn! Got to go bye team
01:14:39 Dr. Gina Cleo: Replying to “I have read a few di…”

The time it takes to change a habit varies! It depends on how habitual you are as a person, how consistent you are with doing the habit and how complex the habit is. More complex habits can take up to a year to be created, whereas easier habits can take just 2 weeks.
01:15:50 Dorothy: Im in UK, so thats 10 am for me
01:17:03 Weight Management Psychology: Creating Your Healthiest Habits series with Dr. Gina Cleo: https://programs.glennmackintosh.com/Creating-Your-Healthiest-Habits-Series-With-Dr-Gina-Cleo
01:22:07 Chris: Thank you Glen and Gina
01:22:39 Dorothy: Thank you very much