{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":671,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:17:18.535767+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 670: Your Environment Is Coaching You","slug":"episode-670-your-environment-is-coaching-you","published_at":"2026-09-25T09:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-670-your-environment-is-coaching-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-670-your-environment-is-coaching-you","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/Sept_25.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"In 2012, Google noticed its employees were eating too much candy. Rather than lecturing them about nutrition or appealing to their willpower, a team of behavioral scientists did something much more interesting. They moved the M&Ms. In this episode I use Google's Project M&M, in which simply placing candy in opaque containers led to 3.1 million fewer calories consumed in seven weeks with nothing forbidden, to make the case that behavior follows design rather than intention. Your environment is making certain behaviors easier and others harder before you make a single conscious decision. The only question is whether you designed it that way or inherited it. I also use the casino as a cautionary illustration of how powerful deliberate environmental design can be, and offer a practical framework for auditing your own kitchen, phone, and calendar through the same lens. Want to keep going? Download the first chapter of The Consistency Code for FREE at https://graceandgrit.com/freechapter and take the first step toward the health and happiness you deserve. #GraceAndGrit #EnvironmentDesign #MidlifeWomen #BehavioralScience #GoogleMMs #WomensWellness #DeepHealth #EnvironmentAsCoach #IntentionalLiving #MidlifeHealth","meta_description":"In 2012, Google noticed its employees were eating too much candy. Rather than lecturing them about nutrition or appealing to their willpower, a team of be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":398,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-670-your-environment-is-coaching-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-670-your-environment-is-coaching-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}