Your Own Truman Show: The Cognitive Biases Keeping You Stuck

What does your rotten health attitude struggle with most?

Mild discomfort is the sneakiest trap. When life is “fine,” change feels unnecessary—until it isn’t.

We pull back the curtain on the psychology that keeps people circling quick fixes: the region beta paradox, cognitive dissonance, and the availability heuristic that makes past diets look better than they felt.

The mediocrity trap—tight clothes that still button, creaky knees on the stairs, bleak sleep patched with coffee—shows why tolerable problems rarely spark action.

From there, we map the fork in the road: flashy six‑week shreds versus the slow, identity‑level work that actually sticks. Ben shares the evidence‑based lens he’s just earned, and we lay out simple trade‑offs that compound over time.

Then we get blunt about cognitive dissonance. You want the outcome, but your trolley and calendar tell a different story. We offer a practical fix: build a new identity quietly by acting like the person you’re becoming, not by announcing it. Finally, we unpack the availability heuristic and the fading effect: you remember compliments and old jeans more readily than you do hunger, isolation, and rebound. That’s the dieting loop—fail, pain fades, remember the win, repeat.

With a temper as short as her legs, Fiona joins Ben every week to forcefully "Push Your Health From The Pulls Of Life."

Expect Foul-mouthed narcissistic ramblings on fitness, nutrition, film, and life's daily rot.

This weekly audio & video expansion on the world-famous 'The Daily (ish) Rot' email and video ramblings also includes:

Usefully Useless Fitness and Diet Advice.
Half-arsed film reviews.
The exploitation of children.
True Crime recommendations.
Nutritious leprechaun-inspired recipes (short and to the point)
Narcissistic wisdom.

WHO THE FU*K ARE WE?

Howdy,

I'm Ben, the only 'health' coach (not a life coach) who allows you to embrace your Rotten attitude towards exercise and nutrition!

Empowering You to give the middle finger to your yo-yo diet and half-arsed exercise routine in JUST 30 Days!

Are you sick of yo-yo-ing from one restrictive diet and hideous exercise plan to the next, begging for it to end so you can slip back into old habits?

Only to start the same rotten cycle again?

YOUR COMPLIMENTARY 30 DAY DIET KICK-UP-THE-ARSER

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