by michelle | Habits, Lifestyle Behaviors, Sustainble Behavior Change
When it comes to changing our eating and exercise behaviors, we generally plunge in, all charged up! Like track stars, we await the starting gun and then take off!But unlike track stars, we don’t have a smooth track that we can follow to the finish line....
by michelle | Habits, Lifestyle Behaviors, Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
Before I dive into this newsletter, I am super excited to announce that The Joy Choice is a Next Big Idea Club’s Season 18 Nominee! Having it considered by this prestigious group of people that I deeply respect is beyond an honor for me. Now, onto my...
by michelle | Habits, Lifestyle Behaviors, Motivation, Sustainble Behavior Change
A few days ago, after giving a presentation at the University of Texas in Austin, one of the participants asked, “But Michelle, why do you call it the Joy Choice?Awesome question. I’m glad you asked! The Joy Choice is freeing. Rejecting the all-or-nothing...
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within the complexities of the real world: not in theory, or under ideal conditions, or based on simplistic thinking or outdated science.Yet so much of what...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 | 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,...
