{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5feb4060803000789a554e29/6a978576da248a131d40eb67?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"7 Ways Your Identity Shapes What You Do","description":"<p>Have you ever set a new goal on Monday, new notebook, new routine, new version of you, only to find yourself back in old patterns three weeks later?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson explores why lasting change isn't a discipline problem, it's an identity problem. Your nervous system runs on decades of evidence about who you are, and it uses that evidence to predict what you'll do next. When you try to act differently, you're not just changing behavior, you're going against a self-description your brain has quietly filed as fact. Leah walks through seven ways your identity shapes your behavior and shares what actually helps your nervous system update the story it's telling about you.</p><p><br></p><p>You'll learn why unfamiliar isn't the same as unsafe, why some of your most stubborn traits started as brilliant protective strategies, and why small repeated evidence changes you more reliably than any big reinvention.</p><p><br></p><p>We'll explore:</p><ul><li>Your brain predicts your behavior from your past — not from your intentions.</li><li>Repeated behaviors quietly turn into identity statements about who you are.</li><li>Unfamiliar isn't the same as unsafe — discomfort often just means new.</li><li>Traits like people-pleasing and perfectionism were once smart protective strategies.</li><li>Your brain notices the evidence that confirms what it already believes about you.</li><li>Small, repeated actions build identity more reliably than one big reinvention.</li><li>You don't have to feel like the new version of yourself before you start practicing it.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>LINKS AND RESOURCES:</p><p><br></p><p>The Art of Regulation: Doodle Your Nervous System Bundle (Physical journal, worldwide shipping, bonus content and bonus workshop): <a href=\"https://www.skool.com/doodle-your-nervous-system-5944/about\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.skool.com/doodle-your-nervous-system-5944/about</a></p><p><br></p><p>Advanced Training in Nervous System Resilience : <a href=\"https://leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com/coach-training-join\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com/coach-training-join</a> </p><p><br></p><p>COMMUNITY</p><p>MIDLIFE NERVOUS SYSTEM REWIRE COMMUNITY 👑: A low pressure, fun community for “Queenagers” to regulate, not fix, their midlife nervous systems.</p><p>Join here: <a href=\"https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1</a></p><p><br></p><p>MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:</p><p>1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care</p><p><a href=\"https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Amazon US</a> -<a href=\"https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj</a></p><p><br></p><p>2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET</p><p>Amazon US - <a href=\"https://a.co/d/2mANQs4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://a.co/d/2mANQs4</a></p><p><br></p><p>3) WORRY TIME PAD :&nbsp;</p><p>Amazon US <a href=\"http://bit.ly/3QSvyv1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://bit.ly/3QSvyv1</a></p><p><br></p><p>LET'S STAY CONNECTED</p><p>Subscribe to Midlife Recalibrated here: <a href=\"https://substack.com/@midliferecalibrated\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://substack.com/@midliferecalibrated</a></p><p>INSTAGRAM:<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.instagram.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching/</a></p><p>FACEBOOK:<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.facebook.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching</a></p><p>WEBSITE: <a href=\"http://wwww.leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wwww.leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com</a></p><h2><br></h2>","author_name":" Leah Davidson"}