Crossing the Chasm: From Important to Compelling
Here’s the deal: to make changes that last you have to find the benefits you receive from doing your desired behavior compelling. There’s a huge chasm between what we believe is important and what is truly compelling enough to fit into our daily lives. We easily...
Cruel Irony: Trying to Escape Pounds Often Puts Them On
Virgina Sole-Smith wrote another great post on her blog, neversaydiet, about new research supporting the notion that having negative feelings about your body and trying to "escape" it through dieting and restriction often leads to the ironic opposite effect: gaining...
Mindfulness: A powerful technology for well-being
Most of us have heard about 'mindfulness' and know that it is supposed to be really good for us. In fact, research keeps coming out supporting the idea that mindfulness improves outcomes in many areas of our lives, including our health. But what does that mean for us...
Make Exercise Your Own!
Last month I spoke with a client I worked with almost 4 years ago. Not only was she still regularly active but she had deepened her relationship with physical activity. There's a really big difference between regular physical activity and making it YOURS. Consider the...
Mis-branding health behaviors as medicine: A VERY costly mistake
I've become a rabble-rouser and activist on this really important point: Society's promotion and branding of health behaviors completely is inherently flawed and undermines the foundation for LASTING behavioral changes. Our health promotion paradigm comes out of a...