by michelle | Habits, Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
April is National Stress Awareness Month, so I’ll get right to the point: How ironic is it that telling people to exercise to reduce stress during Stress Awareness Month can actually stress people out more and motivates them to run away from exercising? According to a...
by michelle | Habits, Lifestyle Behaviors, Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
In the last few newsletters, we talked about the need for approaches to behavior change that can survive within the complexities of the real world: not in theory, or under ideal conditions, or based on simplistic thinking or outdated science.Yet so much of what...
by michelle | Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
In April 2021, during the Q&A after a virtual keynote for UHA Health Insurance, event host Michael Story asked what I thought about SMART goals. I was glad to be asked this question because I have some strong thoughts on the subject.SMART goals are all about,...
by michelle | Habits, Lifestyle Behaviors, Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
A reader emailed me in response to my last newsletter, explaining her frustration in trying to change how she approaches eating and exercise. And I know she is not alone in this.Changing eating and exercise behaviors is challenging! Not just because of their deeper,...
by michelle | Habits, Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
We so easily – and often, and over and over – decide to make changes in our eating and exercise behavior as if this is as simple as developing a flossing habit. But it’s not.Despite the fact that many change experts toss them together with other types of behaviors,...
