How a Little Becomes a Lot with Eric Zimmer of The One You Feed
How a Little Becomes a Lot with Eric Zimmer of The One You Feed

Recovery Rocks

Eric Zimmer talks with Anna about his new book, his podcast The One You Feed, and how small behavioural and mental shifts can support recovery and a more meaningful life. Their conversation touches on sobriety, success, and the ongoing practice of “keeping coming back” to personal growth.

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30:46•10 Apr 2026

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How a Little Becomes a Lot: Eric Zimmer on Small Changes and Recovery

Episode Overview

Book and project launches can trigger emotional highs and lows, so using personal tools to manage thoughts and feelings is crucial.
Success is a moving target; focusing on impact, longevity and unexpected opportunities can be more helpful than chasing numbers.
Meaningful change often starts with clear, structured behavioural shifts supported by your environment and community.
Deeper transformation comes from working with habits of thought and how you relate to yourself, especially at key choice points.
The encouragement to “keep coming back” can apply not just to meetings, but to your own growth, self-belief and sense of enoughness.

“Keep coming back to yourself. Keep coming back to your growth. Keep coming back to the belief that you can change things in your life if you want to.”

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This Recovery Rocks episode spends time with Eric Zimmer, host of The One You Feed and author of *How a Little Becomes a Lot: The Art of Small Changes for a More Meaningful Life*, as he chats with co-host Anna about change, creativity, and long-term recovery.

Eric shares what it feels like to be on the brink of his book release, calling the process “a semi-emotional up and down” and admitting he’s “been deep in my own bag of tricks for working with my emotions and my thoughts.” You’ll hear how his wildly popular podcast began as a simple idea during a lonely, difficult period after closing his solar energy business, and how it slowly grew into his full-time work over years of consistency.

For anyone in recovery, his story is especially relatable. Eric talks openly about staying sober for eight years, then returning to alcohol and cannabis before finding continuous sobriety for the last 18-and-a-half years. Yet he’s clear that he doesn’t see himself as “primarily a recovery person,” but as someone creating tools “that can help anybody” who finds life hard.

The episode breaks down the two halves of his book: practical behavioural changes (the “what you do” part) and deeper “habits of thought” that reshape how you relate to yourself and the world. Eric explains why structure matters for change, but also why the real turning point comes at that inner “choice point” where thoughts and feelings pull you off track.

He closes with a message straight from 12-step wisdom, widened for everyone: “Keep coming back… to yourself and being enough in just that.” If you’re curious about how small shifts can add up in sobriety, creativity, or just getting through a tough season, this conversation might be exactly what you need today.

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