Habits and Hustle

Most people know exactly what they should be doing to feel better, follow through, and build the life they want, but actually doing it is where everything falls apart. In this episode, we get into why mindfulness has been misunderstood, why your nervous system can block follow-through, and why awareness is the first step to breaking the emotional loops that keep you stuck.

We dive deeper into this in the Habits & Hustle Podcast with Dr. Elisha Goldstein. We also chat about why mindfulness does not mean calm, how to interrupt overwhelm in real time, and why emotional vocabulary can completely change the way you understand your needs.

Dr. Elisha Goldstein is a clinical psychologist, author of six books, and co-founder of The Center for Mindful Living in Los Angeles. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has developed programs focused on mindfulness, emotional health, and behavior change. His latest book is Tiny Shifts: How Emotional Health Transforms Stress, Relationships, and Longevity.

What's Discussed:

(02:14) Why mindfulness does not actually mean being calm.

(06:04) The three questions your brain asks before you follow through on a habit.

(07:39) Why people already know what to do but still struggle to execute.

(15:22) What emotional health actually means beyond basic stress management.

(16:44) The “emotional loop” behind overwhelm, anxiety, and resistance.

(26:19) The tiny shift that helped him move from feeling lost to finding purpose.

(29:18) Why motivational quotes do not work when your nervous system is dysregulated.

(32:32) How fitness becomes a training ground for discipline in every area of life.

(52:17) The real reason discipline is so hard to build when you do not feel motivated.

(1:15:34) Why emotional vocabulary matters more than saying “I’m fine.” 

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Find more from Jen Cohen: 

Website: jennifercohen.com

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Books: jennifercohen.com/books

Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

Find more from Dr. Elisha Goldstein

Website: elishagoldstein.com

Instagram: @drelishagoldstein

LinkedIn: Elisha Goldstein

Facebook: Dr. Elisha Goldstein

YouTube: @dr.elishagoldstein

Podcast: The Emotional Longevity Podcast - elishagoldstein.com/podcast/

I have a bone to pick with the word entrepreneur because somewhere along the way, it became less about building something real and more about having a sexy title in your Instagram bio. Everyone wants the label, but not everyone has put in the time, taken the hits, failed, adjusted, and kept going long enough to actually earn it.

In this episode of Habits & Hustle, Shani and I get into the difference between being entrepreneurial and actually being an entrepreneur. We also talk about fake business gurus, online courses, social media self-promotion, and why you need to be way more discerning about who you trust, follow, and pay.

Because here’s the truth: selling a course on success does not automatically make you successful. If you want to build something real, you need persistence, proof, and the ability to get back up when the first version does not work.

No sexy bio line. 

No fake guru playbook. 

Just the actual work.

Let’s dive in.

What's Discussed:


(00:59) Why the word “entrepreneur” has become the new sexy Instagram bio label.


(02:15) What actually qualifies someone as an entrepreneur versus someone who just wants the title.


(03:08) The problem with people selling courses on entrepreneurship when they haven’t built anything themselves.


(04:04) The real difference between being entrepreneurial and being an entrepreneur.


(05:27) Why selling a course can make someone a good internet marketer, but not necessarily a qualified business expert.


(06:15) How social media creates the illusion that someone is more successful or experienced than they actually are.


(07:35) The fine line between being an entrepreneur and being a snake oil salesman.


(10:24) Why discernment matters when deciding who to trust, follow, listen to, or buy from online.


(12:04) The “do your own research” mindset and why people get burned when they blindly trust influencers.


(12:54) How Shark Tank and social media made everyone believe they could build the next big business.

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Modern relationship advice is everywhere, and most of it is making your relationships harder, not better. These are the buzzwords that we see spread all over the internet like the misused attachment labels, the "be more vulnerable" coaching, the body count debate, and the love bombing warnings. Sadia has spent years working with couples one-on-one, and almost none of it holds up in real practice. Sadia Khan is a psychotherapist and the author of The Red Flags:The Truth About Love, Trauma, and the Lies Your Therapist Didn't Warn You About, a book built around the 10 questions every therapist should be asking their clients and every partner should be asking each other. She has worked with hundreds of men and women to fix what conventional therapy keeps missing, and her approach has built her one of the largest relationship audiences online.

In this episode of Habits and Hustle, Sadia breaks down why your therapist's advice may be quietly hurting your relationship, the real reason high body count damages men more than women, why people pleasers suffer more in relationships than narcissists do, and the four green flags that actually predict whether a couple makes it.

This is one of those conversations that will make you rethink every "diagnosis" you have ever given an ex or a friend who’s “avoidant”.

What's Discussed:

(5:36) Why love languages and attachment theory keep failing real couples.

(6:51) The therapy advice that is quietly making men less attractive to their partners.

(8:38) Why people pleasers suffer more in relationships than narcissists do.

(12:43) How honesty, not niceness, is what builds real intimacy.

(21:14) The narcissist label and what insisting on it actually says about you.

(31:16) The four green flags every healthy relationship is built on.

(1:21:14) Why high body count damages men more than women.

(1:45:50) The pattern most men fall into when they cannot be alone.

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Find more from Jen Cohen: 

Website: jennifercohen.com

Instagram: @therealjencohen

Books: jennifercohen.com/books

Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

Find more from Sadia Khan: 

Website: sadiapsychology.com 

Instagram: @thesadiapsychology 

YouTube: @sadiapsychology 

TikTok: @sadiapsychology 

The Red Flags Book: permutedpress.com/book/the-red-flags

The most powerful longevity tool you have is not in a bottle or a needle. It’s in the quality of your relationships. There’s a body of data that’s been saying this for decades. Yet, the wellness industry kept focusing on the other direction of wellness.

Shawn knows this not only because he read it in a study but because he lived the opposite of what healthy relationships look like first and paid for it with his health.

Shawn Stevenson is the host of The Model Health Show, the no.1 nutrition and fitness podcast in the United States, and the bestselling author of Sleep Smarter and Eat Smarter. He grew up in poverty in St. Louis, was told at 20 he had the spine of an 80-year-old, and rebuilt his health from scratch with no money, no access, and no roadmap for any of it.

In this episode of Habits and Hustle, Shawn makes the case that we have been optimizing the wrong thing all along. Your culture, your community, and the quality of your relationships are what the largest longevity studies keep pointing to, and almost nobody in wellness is talking about it. He also gets into why GLP-1s and peptides are a shortcut to the wrong destination, what circadian medicine is about to change, and why the healthiest thing you can do today has nothing to do with your supplement stack. If you have ever felt like your circumstances were too far gone for health to even be possible, this episode was made for you.

What's Discussed:

04:12 The hidden impact of sleep on metabolism and energy

09:35 Common habits that undermine long-term health

15:48 Practical strategies to improve recovery and resilience

20:55 Final thoughts on building sustainable daily habits

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Website: themodelhealthshow.com  

Instagram: @shawnmodel 

YouTube: Shawn Stevenson 

X: @ShawnModel 

Podcast: The Model Health Show

Book: eatsmartercookbook.com

Your subconscious mind is running 95% of your decisions. Your conscious mind, the part that’s setting goals, making resolutions, and telling itself to do better, is only working with the remaining 5%. That gap is why knowing what you should do is never enough.

Thais Gibson has spent over a decade building a framework that actually closes that gap. She is a counselor, founder of the Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory™, and has worked with over 60,000 people through The Personal Development School. In this episode of Habits and Hustle, she breaks down why self-sabotage is not what we all think it is, how your attachment style is quietly running your relationships, and the exact process to rewire patterns you have been carrying since childhood.

This is one of those conversations that will make you look at your own behavior completely differently.

What's Discussed:


(00:05) The real reason your conscious goals keep losing to your subconscious programming.


(15:30) What your attachment style is actually telling you about your childhood.


(29:00) The attachment combination most likely to end in a vicious cycle.


(45:00) Why dating a secure person does not fix an insecure attachment.


(58:00) That one belief that’s quietly destroying your ability to connect.


(1:05:00) What limerence is and why people mistake it for love.


(1:15:00) The five pillars to rewire your attachment style at a subconscious level.


(1:20:00) Why affirmations do not work and what to do instead.

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Find more from Jen Cohen: 

Website: jennifercohen.com

Instagram: @therealjencohen

Books: jennifercohen.com/books

Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

Find more from Thais Gibson: 

Instagram: @thepersonaldevelopmentschool

YouTube: @thepersonaldevelopmentschool

Podcast: The Thais Gibson Podcast

Facebook: The Personal Development School

TikTok: @thaisgibson  

Book: The New Attachment Theory

Attachment Style Quiz: attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/