Is Needing to Be “Accountable” to Someone for Exercise Setting You Up to Fail?
Let me lead with my bias: I've always cringed inside when people have told me that they need to find an "accountability partner" to succeed with exercise. Last week, I was on a call with a new coach I started training to help his clients make sustainable lifestyle...
If Marie Kondo Can’t Do It, Who Can? What a Disciplined Guru Teaches Is about Lifestyle Behaviors Like Exercise
If Marie Kondo Can’t Do It, Who Can? What a Disciplined Guru Teaches Is about Lifestyle Behaviors Like Exercise Not long after the new year, I read this quote in a Washington Post article that stopped me in my tracks: "Marie Kondo, 38, has caught up with the rest of...
Exercise commitment – Part 2 And other Myths
Exercise commitment – Part 2 And other Myths In January, I asked my readers to weigh in on which term they thought was a more potent frame for and promoter of exercising: commit or celebrate. I’ve never done a reader survey before, and it was gratifying to receive so...
Is It Groundhog Day Again for Your Eating and Exercise Goals?
This piece was co-written by myself and Alison L. Miller. It’s February 2nd -- even though you committed to exercising five days a week and getting it finally right -- those New Year’s resolutions are already long gone. It’s Groundhog Day – again. Why are...
Excercise Commitment Part 1 – Which Words Make Us Feel Better About Exercise?
We Need a New Dictionary for Healthier Living Before you dive into the story below, I have a quick question for you: Which of the two options below do you think better promotes exercising? Commit to exercising Celebrate through exercising Click here to participate in...