Compassionate Stance Improves Behaviorial Results

Tara Parker Pope reported on new and very important research (for both women and anyone interested in helping individuals change their behaviors for good. ) This work Tara reports about on self-compassion is hugely important! These insights needs to be integrated much...

Why Smart Women Don't Diet

Smart women don’t diet reflects a new mindset toward self-care, in general, and physical movement in particular. This new mindset reflects a new type of smarts; one that uses one’s own inner wisdom as the most important guide for initiating a lifestyle change such as...

Motivation and Behavior Architecture

It’s unusual to find the words “motivation and behavior” alongside architecture. Some have asked why I chose architecture as a metaphor. Architecture is defined on Wikipedia as the “both the process and product of planning, designing and constructing...

The Biggest Loser? Come on!

There’s a piece in the Los Angeles Times with two perspectives about whether shows like the Biggest Loser are helpful or not.  I’m unclear how anyone can believe, that for most people, these sorts of shows are effective for life-long sustainability.  Sure,...