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Habit Chat Recap: When the coping habit becomes the problem
Thank you to everyone who joined today and shared personal stories so openly. This is valuable in itself! As it turned out, smoking was our main focus today, but we also explored how similar patterns show up in eating, procrastination and the things we reach for when we’re stressed, restless or uncomfortable. I shared some of my own experience of smoking and quitting, and we talked about how a behaviour that once offered relief from some sort of problem can become a painful problem in itself. A few key takeaways: - An urge is an experience, not an instruction. Practice noticing it, allowing it to be there and giving yourself time to choose your response. - Recognise your familiar moments. Stress, finishing a task, taking a break or having nothing to do can all become cues to repeat a habit. - Make a different response easier. Create some space between the impulse and the action. Change your surroundings, step away, or breathe with Claridi as a cue to pause and reset. - Notice the discomfort underneath. A helpful practice can be learning to be more tolerant of feelings of with restlessness, tension or stillness without immediately reaching for relief. - A drift in your focus and practice doesn’t erase your progress. Notice what happened, learn from it and return to your intention. Self-criticism can easily become part of the bigger loop. - Give yourself care and encouragement. Acknowledge the choices you’re making and keep connecting with what you’re gaining by leaving the habit behind. We also talked about making a clear decision to change, tracking progress in a way that builds confidence, and reaching out for support and accountability. 👉 This week’s reflection: When does your habit tend to tug the hardest? And what could you practice doing differently in that moment? You’re welcome to share below, or bring what you notice to our next Habit Chat. Just keep practicing! 😀 Got a question? I'm here.
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Welcome to the Claridi Habits Hub - Start Here
Hello and welcome! I’m Jo — I'm a Therapist & Coach, and the creator of Claridi. For the past 30 years, I’ve worked with people (including myself!) navigating habits and patterns they feel stuck in… knowing what to do, but not consistently doing it. That gap — between knowing and doing — is what this space is designed to close. This Hub is not about willpower, perfection, or big overhauls. It’s about learning what to do in the moment the urge appears because that’s where change actually happens. Habits and behaviour patterns are formed through a simple loop: Cue → Response → Reward And when you learn how to interrupt that loop — even slightly — you begin to take your power back. Inside the Hub, you’ll find: ✅ Live Weekly Coaching ✅ Simple, practical teachings about habits/patterns, mind, and emotion ✅ Tools to help you regulate your state in real time ✅ A clear method to shift behaviour: Breathe → Reset → Rewire ✅ The 60 Day Habituate Program ✅ A community of people practicing the same work — one moment at a time ✅ Specific habit focused workshops and programs This is a practice space. Not a performance space. You don’t need to get it 'right', you just need to keep practicing. Next steps: Have a look around and explore the modules and resources. Then come back here to the Community Chat and introduce yourself and one habit you’d like to break or build. Keep it simple and light - that's the vibe we like to maintain in The Habits Hub. If you have a query or need support, I'm here. Once again, welcome and well done for being here. love, Jo - your Claridi Habits Coach!
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Monday’s Habit Chat: When the coping habit becomes the problem
This Monday, we’ll be talking about the challenges we need to accept and work through as we break free from deeply entrenched habits—smoking or vaping, emotional eating, excessive drinking, spending, gambling, sex or porn. The list goes on. For many of us, these behaviours began as a way to cope with something difficult, find relief or change how we felt. Somewhere along the way, the thing we turned to for relief became the very problem we’re now trying to overcome. I’ll be sharing my own experience of smoking for 20 years. What began as a way of coping with peer pressure in my teens became a habit that dictated how I lived daily life for over 2 decades. And then came the challenge of unhooking from it. Part of changing that is learning to cope with the discomfort we’ve become accustomed to relieving—and discovering that we can move through it without returning to the same behaviour. We’ll explore what that looks like in everyday life, including how to respond when an urge feels strong and how to realign after 'a drift'. 📆 Join me on Monday at 1pm, Melbourne time. Bring your questions, your challenges and whatever you’re noticing along the way. ✅ Pop yes in the comments if you’re coming. I’d love to see you there. 👋🏻 And, a special welcome to our two newest members @David Jones and @Steph Walls ! It’s lovely to have you here. I hope you’re finding your way around, beginning to move through the modules and gaining some useful insights. Monday’s conversation could be a helpful place to connect and build on what you’re learning. 🧡 Love from me, and Honey.
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Tomorrow’s Habit Chat: How can I help you?
I’ll be available tomorrow, Monday at 1pm Melbourne time, for anyone who’d like to join me. I don’t have a specific topic planned this week - I really want to reinstate what I originally intended Habit Chat to be: a space for you to chat with me about the habit you’re here to build or break. Bring your questions, something you’re finding difficult, or anything you’d like to talk through. I’d also love to hear your wins—the things that are going well. You can DM me if that's your preference. On a personal note: Since launching The Habits Hub a few months ago I haven’t had much time to focus on building the community because I've been running my private practice as well as getting Claridi launched BUT over the coming weeks I’ll be tuning into The Hub to create a rhythm of activity that works for you - and I'll be asking for your input. In the meantime, if you know someone who wants to break a habit or build a good one, please invite them to join us! And back to tomorrows Habit Chat...is there anything you would like help with? Leave a question below DM me or tell me in person (over video of course). I’d love to see you. Jo x Claridi made her retail debut at Pharmacy New in Malvern Central on Thursday! It was a really good feeling.
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Habit Chat Recap: “I’ve ruined it now — I’ll start again on Monday.”
Today we explored all-or-nothing thinking — how one missed walk, an unplanned snack or a gap in our habit tracker can become a reason to abandon our intentions. Much of our conversation centred on eating, but this pattern can show up in any habit we’re trying to change. 👉 A misstep doesn’t have to become a spiral. 👉 The next moment is an opportunity to realign. Here’s what we unpacked: - Notice the habit and your response to it. Sometimes we’re already doing the thing before we become aware. That moment of awareness still counts. - Disappointment doesn’t need to become self-criticism. We can acknowledge how we feel without adding shame, harsh judgement or “I’ll never change.” - Guide yourself with kindness. A gentle “Hey, what am I doing? What would help me here?” gives us a way to respond deliberately. - Treat tracking as information. An imperfect chart can help us learn. It doesn’t erase our effort or measure our worth. - Make your environment support you. Put obstacles in the way of habits you want to interrupt, and make the habits you want to build easier. - Recognise the progress inside the moment. Stopping partway through, allowing an urge to pass or staying with disappointment without reaching for your usual relief are all changes worth acknowledging. We also explored how past experiences can feed the fear that we’ll repeat the same cycle. Our history can help us understand a pattern; it doesn’t have to decide our next choice. 🔁 This week’s practice: Notice. Accept. Realign. “I can acknowledge what just happened, learn from it and choose what I do next.” Self-compassion includes honest reflection and supportive action. We can be kind to ourselves and still change direction. ❓Where does “all or nothing” show up for you — and what could realigning look like in that moment?
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