How Morning Craving Programs the Mind — and How We Unwound It Most people think their habits are made during the day. I’ve learned, through years of hypnotherapy work, that habits are actually created in the first 8–45 seconds after waking . That first moment is the doorway. One of my clients — we’ll call him “G.” — came to me with a pattern that might feel deeply familiar: “I wake up and immediately start feeding. I don’t even choose it. It just takes over.” At first glance