Urges, Cravings and Habits!
What is an urge?
It is simply a compelling desire to take one action over another – eat sugar in spite of a previous plan to avoid sugar that day for instance.
A craving is the same thing, but more specific.
Crave for a donut, for instance. Or even a specific type of donut.
A Habit is simply a neuropathway in the brain formed by repeatedly acting on those urges and cravings.
Behaviors and decisions are based on two primary parts of our brain: the prefrontal cortex and the primitive brain.
Once we understand how our brains create urges, cravings and habits, they can be changed to our advantage. Those that do not serve us can be eliminated and we can build healthy habits that serve our higher goals.
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