Coaching practices for Craving Triggers Map
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The craving hits and it feels like it’ll never let up unless I give in
- The thing I’m craving lights up so vivid and mouth-watering in my mind
- When the craving hits I get stuck in this endless head-argument
- I keep finding myself already mid-snack or already typing the sharp reply, with no memory of deciding to
- When a craving hits it feels like it’ll just keep climbing forever until I give in
Practices that may help
- Extinguish conditioned cravings through cue exposure without response
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
Classical Conditioning and Habit Triggers - Cool down a hot temptation by reframing it
See the reward abstractly ("just a picture of it") to drain its emotional heat.
Delayed Gratification, Made Practical - Locate the urge in your body
Describe where and how the craving shows up physically instead of arguing with it in your head.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Notice the urge as it arises
Catch the craving early, the moment it starts, before it becomes an automatic action.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Understand the anatomy of an urge
Learn that urges have a beginning, a peak, and an end — and that acting on or fighting them changes the arc.
Ride the Wave (Urge Management), Made Practical - Map your urge triggers
Know the specific situations, emotions, and states that reliably trigger your urges — so you can intervene before they crest.
Ride the Wave (Urge Management), Made Practical - Isolate the real reward by experimenting
Test different rewards to find what craving the habit is actually satisfying.
The Power of Habit, Made Practical - Ride the wave to its peak and down
Watch the urge rise, crest, and fall without acting — like a wave you are surfing.
Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving - Diagnose the real reward the habit is delivering
Run experiments to discover what craving the habit actually satisfies — it is often not obvious.
The Habit Loop, Made Practical - Choose a replacement that delivers the same reward
The new routine must satisfy the original craving, or the old one snaps back.
Habit Substitution: Swap the Routine, Keep the Reward
Related concerns
- Cool The Craving Purchase
See the item in "cool," abstract terms to drain the craving before it drives a decision.
Cool the purchase by abstracting it
- Habit Craving
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
Extinguish conditioned cravings through cue exposure without response
- Craving Cycle
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
- Craving In The Body
Describe where and how the craving shows up physically instead of arguing with it in your head.
Locate the urge in your body
- When Santosha Contentment Desire Examination
Before pursuing something you want, ask whether the desire serves you or consumes you.
Examining the desire before chasing it
- Conditioned Craving
Repeatedly expose yourself to a craving cue without performing the associated behavior to weaken the conditioned urge.
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