5 Minute Habits to Change Your Life | Rangan Chatterjee on Health Theory

In today’s world, we can sometimes struggle to find the time to build healthy, long-lasting habits that we can execute on a daily basis. Many times, habits feel like difficult chores that are constantly being pushed out of the way by the hustle of life. Whether it’s work, raising kids, chores around the house or marriage, there are always things taking up time in our busy schedules, preventing us from building habits. On this episode of Health Theory, medical doctor and author of “Feel Better in 5,” Rangan Chatterjee, joins Tom Bilyeu to discuss the power of five-minute habits and how you can change your identity, as well as your health, through small and easy steps to take every day. They discuss the importance of your heart and spirit, how to build five-minute habits into your everyday routine, how to actually change behaviors, easy mental health hacks you can use everyday, how identity is connected to and shaped by action, and how beginning with just one small habit everyday can change your health for good.   Buy “Feel Better in 5”: https://www.amazon.com/Feel-Better-Your-Daily-Great/dp/1950665682/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= This episode is brought to you by: Butcher Box: New members can get 2 lobster tails and 2 filet mignons for FREE when you sign up at butcherbox.com/IMPACT ISSUU: ISSUU.com/podcast and use promo code IMPACTTHEORY at checkout for your FREE account or 50% off your premium account. NetSuite: Schedule your FREE Product Tour at NetSuite.com/THEORY SHOW NOTES:   Heart | Rangan shares why heart is more important than the mind or body. [0:27] Listen | Rangan shares the what the ‘tea ritual’ is and benefit he’s found from listening. [3:00] Habits | Rangan discusses habits, behaviors, and the power of triggers. [5:21] The Power of 5 Minutes | Rangan shares why 5-minutes is important. [8:53] Simplicity | Rangan discusses the power and essence of simplicity. [10:21] Behavior Change | Rangan shares why we should approach health simplicity. [17:26] Three Pillars | Rangan reveals easy mental health hacks you can do. [18:23] Journaling | Rangan discusses best approaches for journaling. [20:59] Shifting | Tom shares the power of meditation and escaping negative thoughts. [25:24] Motivation | Rangan discusses the motivation wave and planning for the hard times. [26:30] Identity | Rangan discusses shaping identity through action. [28:44] Positive | Rangan shares how to develop positive-affirming habits. [30:58] The Classic 5 | Rangan reveals high-impact workout ideas that only take 5 minutes. [32:38] Heart | Rangan shares how to tap into connection during these trying times. [35:24] Keystone | Rangan shares the power of your keystone habit that feeds everything else. [39:30]   QUOTES:   “Knowledge is not enough to lead to action, it’s not enough. Inspiration is not enough. There has to be a structure. There has to be a system.” [11:26]   “Framework is mind, body, heart.” [19:41]   “And actually, it’s not repetition that creates habits. It’s emotions that creates habits.” [30:40]   FOLLOW RANGAN: Podcast: drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/ Instagram: instagram.com/drchatterjee/ Facebook: facebook.com/DrChatterjee/ Twitter: twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices