# Habits are shaping your life. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-podcast-7120259/habits-are-shaping-your-life Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-podcast-7120259/habits-are-shaping-your-life.md Podcast: [Thrive Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-podcast-7120259) Published: 2026-02-27T16:33:20+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-beetison/episodes/Habits-are-shaping-your-life-e3fmvd4 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/314d694/podcast/play/116144996/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-27%2F418959431-44100-2-0c3ff98859bf.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrive-podcast-7120259/episodes/habits-are-shaping-your-life Duration seconds: 2494 ## Resource Most people try to change their results. Very few are willing to change their habits. In this episode, I sat down with Claire Spence from @TheHabitBase, someone I regard as a highly skilled and caring coach who helps people transform their lives in such a supportive and empowering way. On this episode of the podcast, We went deep into: • Why habits aren’t about willpower • Why discipline alone doesn’t work • How small, repeated behaviours shape identity • And why awareness beats shame every time Claire’s work is powerful, practical, and genuinely aligned with what we teach at Thrive Method: sustainable change, identity-led action, and building habits that actually fit real life. If you’re a driven professional trying to keep health, performance, and family life aligned… this conversation will hit home. And make sure you check out Claire’s work over at @thehabitbase - she’s doing incredible things in the habit space. Let me know what lands most for you. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thrive-podcast-7120259/episodes/habits-are-shaping-your-life/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/thrive-podcast-7120259/habits-are-shaping-your-life.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.