Getting Rid of Unwanted House Guests : Evicting Character Flaws & Bad Habits

This podcast reframes bad habits and character flaws as “unwanted house guests” living rent-free in the brain. Drawing from life coaching and neuroscience, it explains that habits are not moral failures but learned neural pathways formed through repetition, stress, and survival patterns. Because the brain is plastic, not fixed, these habits can be changed—not by force or shame, but through calm, strategic eviction. Understanding how the brain seeks efficiency, comfort, and familiarity allows listeners to stop fighting themselves and start working with how change actually happens.

The episode walks listeners through the most common unwanted “guests” such as procrastination, negative self-talk, perfectionism, overthinking, people-pleasing, and self-sabotage, offering simple, practical steps to replace each one. The core principle is clear: habits are never simply removed, they are replaced. By making small, consistent changes and installing healthier behaviors in their place, listeners learn how to reclaim mental space, restore personal agency, and create lasting transformation—one room of the house at a time.

Dr. Fred Clary, founder of Functional Analysis Chiropractic Technique and lifting/life coach/ gym-chalk covered philosopher talks about how to EVICT BAD HABITS from your brain.