Most Habit Advice Was Built for Men. Here's What Actually Works for Women with Monica Packer
In My Civic Era: Women, Civic Leadership & Local GovernmentShow Notes
Send us Fan Mail If you have ever built a habit, stuck with it for two weeks, and then watched it completely fall apart the moment life got hard, this episode is for you. Monica Packer is a certified habits and identity coach, host of the top-rated About Progress podcast, and a recovering perfectionist who figured out why the habit advice we have all been given was never actually built for women's lives. Her book Sticky Habits comes out this fall and friend, I cannot wait for you to read it. ...
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