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Working with Will: Helping Clients Ally with the App to Better Motivate Sustainable Physical Activity (A case study)

For a 2-minute video of me speaking about how you can cultivate the Right Why and Right Way for moving with your wearable/tracking app – click here. Will came in for his first appointment with me in a dark state of frustration. “I don’t even know why I’m here,”...

The Middle Priority: Why Being Flexible with Exercise Plans Can Help You Better Sustain a Physically Active Life

by michelle | Motivation

by Dr. Michelle Segar and Dr. Jennifer Taber (This article was originally published on Global Thrive.) The message about exercise that women regularly get (from doctors, the media, friends and family) is prescriptive: we must make exercise a top priority because our...

Exercise to Be Happy? Yes!

by michelle | Lifestyle Behaviors, Sustainble Behavior Change

New Study: Exercise May Thwart Happiness (and Participation) among Inactive WomenHow does physical activity support or work against women’s daily experience of happiness and success? This past month saw publication of a unique study of that question, which I was...

Building Behavioral Resilience for Sustainable Change

by michelle | Mental Flexibility, Sustainble Behavior Change

I Love My New WebsiteLiving Down Under last winter turned me upside down and inspired me to rethink my website, with the help of guru Jayme Johnson. I hope you’ll check it out, especially the new Learning section’s many free resources. Use these to increase your...

Why You Should Stop Exercising to Lose Weight

by michelle | Motivation

This was originally posted on U.S. News & World Report’s website. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Exercising for the primary goal of losing weight will not help most people stick with exercise over time. It may get you to...

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