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Resilience Across Borders PodcastAuthor: Rachid Zahidi
The purpose of this podcast is to share all the learning, best practices, useful and practical ideas to help you make sense of your life so you can help others including younger generations make sense of their own. The goal is to keep it simple and practical in the end and distill it down to easily memorable and executable steps to be mindful and to respond instead of react. Don't let your past sabotage your future. We hope this can be one of the tools to remind you to regulate and keep perspective. We want to help you minimize the residual effects of past traumas or bad experiences and not just survive but thrive. Language: en Genres: Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Harnessing the Power of Pain and Pleasure for Better Habits
Episode 128
Wednesday, 15 October, 2025
In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, Rachid discusses the principle of pain and pleasure, a concept popularized by thinkers like Aristotle and modern psychologists. The episode focuses on how we can use this principle to break bad habits and form better ones by consciously linking pain to harmful behaviors and pleasure to beneficial ones. Rachid offers practical strategies, including visualization exercises and immediate rewards, and emphasizes the importance of reframing discomfort as a sign of progress. The episode encourages listeners to make the cost of inaction immediate and to continuously visualize the long-term benefits of good habits. By mastering the pain and pleasure principle, listeners can reprogram their brains to make better choices effortlessly. More About Topics Covered: Introduction to Pain and Pleasure Principle Link Immediate Pain to Bad Habits Link Immediate Pleasure to Good Habits Reframe Pain as Progress Make the Cost of Inaction Immediate Stack Long-Term Pleasure to Strengthen Habits Flip Your Associations on the Spot You can find blog posts and new episodes here: https://atresilience.com/ Exciting news! The Emogym Journal is now available on Amazon. Don't miss out – grab a copy for yourself, your friends, and your loved ones today. This journal is packed with insights and practices that have made a difference in my life and the lives of other joyful, grateful, and successful individuals. Start your journey to greater happiness and success now with Emogym Journal. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rachid-Zahidi/author/B00UZEVPAK
