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I sought a lot of feedback from the station manager about what I could do better, and I eventually got the hang of what kinds of questions to ask, when to speak up, and when to stop talking. I ended up not even hating the sound of my own voice playing back at me! We broadcast for a few years and built a healthy little following during our run. In the end, I’m so glad I took the risk. One of the things I loved most was seeing the boost of confidence appearing on the show gave to so many of our guests. Watching them realize that other people cared about what they had to say inspired them, and it made me feel the same way. My time at the station helped me realize that I was more than “just” a mom — and if I could successfully host a radio show, I could do just about anything I set my mind to.
friend who had survived cancer and wanted to share her story. After exhausting my immediate contacts, I began inviting other local experts, and most were excited at the opportunity. We talked about all kinds of things — yoga, dealing with depression, getting proper nutrition, making money from home, and much more. I was eager to feature anything I thought might benefit the community. As the host of “Healthy Rez,” I learned a lot along the way and enjoyed soaking up all the knowledge like a sponge. But interviewing people on the radio can be tricky. For a start, you have pre-planned commercial breaks you’d need to coordinate around. It was a balancing act trying to ask questions that would inspire answers detailed enough to fill up the time but not too long to run over.
–Irma Bennett
WE ARE WHAT WE DO Changing Habits Can Create a New You
We can’t control everything that happens to us, but to a certain extent, our lives are what we make them. The things we do determine how we live, for better or worse. But much of what we do every day isn’t well thought out — it’s a habit. And when you change your habits, you can change your entire life. Unfortunately, it’s easy to talk about changing habits and a lot harder to do it. If changing our habits was simple, there would be far fewer fast food restaurant chains in business, an enormous reduction in smoking, and wait times at your local gym! But we all know someone who has sworn off cigarettes, lost significant weight, gotten in shape, or started eating healthy. It’s entirely possible to change our habits. The question is how.
Experts have plenty of advice to offer. The process starts with identifying which habits are hurting you. Maybe you know you want to change your midnight ice cream habit, but other routines bogging you down can be harder to identify. Start by logging how you spend your time to determine what’s necessary or fulfilling and what’s holding you back. Once you know the habits you want to change, you must figure out why you’re doing them. Each of our routines has a cue that inspires us to partake in it and a reward that keeps us coming back. After identifying the habit you want to change, start paying attention to when and why you do it. What do you feel before you do it? How do you feel afterward? Determining these answers requires some introspection and may take a few
weeks of observing and considering your behavior.
The final step is replacing the habit with something else. But crucially, you can’t deny yourself the reward — you must find a healthier way to receive it. For example, if smoking helps relieve stress, you need to find a different way to decompress when you’d usually reach for a cigarette. If smoking leaves you feeling energized, you’ll need another way to inspire your productivity. Willpower alone doesn’t work. Remember that changing your habits is a process; no one revamps their entire life overnight. Taking on too much at once will set you up for failure. Start small and stay consistent. But once you prove that you can change one habit, you’ll realize the sky’s the limit.
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