S 684: Avoiding The Self-Comparison Trap & Understanding The Hedonic Treadmill

Sam Miller Science

We've all heard the advice around comparison to others and why, in most cases, it's the thief of joy but there's another type of comparison we need to be aware of as health and nutrition coaches and that is self-comparison. In this episode, I want to explain the psychological concept of the hedonic treadmill and why moving the goalpost further and further away leads to near celebrating progress or milestones. We need to be able to measure backwards and this will be a great reminder for your clients. Topics include:

- Comparison and The Hedonic Treadmill

- The Concept of Hedonic Adaptation

- Attention

- Setting Subgoals

- Out To Eat Example

- Dynamic Activities vs Circumstantial Changes

- Novel Experiences

- Measuring Yourself Against The Ideal

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