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URGE SURFING, A tool to quit bad habits.

URGE SURFING:  A way to end bad habit.

The urge surfing is the skill of being aware about feelings and thoughts. It is the great tool for quitting bad habits. 

The “craving” or “urge” is the reason why majority of the people are not able to quit their bad habits be it smoking or over eating. 

There is one more thing that contributes to this and it is “Internal Struggle” it is the state of mind which arises when we get trigger about our bad habit and attention our mind gets divided into two thoughts ‘DO IT’ and ‘DON’T DO IT’.

Longer the amount of time that your mind remains in Internal struggle state, higher the chances of your repeating bad habit.

how Urge surfing can help ?

following are the steps which you should follow.

  1. Don’t Judge the cravings “Whether it is good or bad?”
  2. Don’t try to drive away Cravings.
  3. Don’t try to fight the cravings.
  4. Watch the cravings with excitement. Notice its intensity. Notice the changes that you feel in your body. Notice how it is increasing, Reaching at its peak and start declining.

Do it every time whenever you feel cravings for bad habits.

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