by jayme | Jul 3, 2012 | General, healthy living, Men, Motivation, obese, overweight, Self-determination theory, Weight Loss, Women's Health, Women's Motivation
We live in a culture that bombards us about the importance of being healthy and controlling our weight, but do these messages actually motivate us to be healthier and lose weight? My colleagues and I recently studied this question as it relates to exercise. The...
by jayme | Jan 8, 2012 | Motivation, Self-caring, Smart Women Don't Diet, Women's Health, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care, womenshealth.gov spotligt
I am honored to have been interviewed on womenshealth.gov about how women can create sustainable self-care and motivation and how to craft New Year’s resolutions that last. Directly below is one of the questions they asked and my answer. What is your favorite...
by jayme | Nov 8, 2011 | behavioral branding, Goals, Motivation, Oprah, University of Michigan, Values, Women's Health, Women's Motivation
My colleagues and I at the University of Michigan recently published an eye-opening study on midlife women. It showed that the health benefits we’ve been taught to strive to achieve through exercising might not be powerful enough to deliver the health outcomes we...
by jayme | Jun 24, 2011 | Happiness, Individuals, Inspiration, Motivation, Physical Activity, Rain, Self-caring, Smart Women Don't Diet, Strategies, Women's Health, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Yesterday I had planned to fit a short walk in toward the end of my work day. I was about to leave when it started to pour. I felt immediately bummed and commented about it on our wonderful and growing Facebook community for women that promotes self-care as essential...
by jayme | Feb 21, 2011 | Women's Health, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Smart women don’t diet reflects a new mindset toward self-care, in general, and physical movement in particular. This new mindset reflects a new type of smarts; one that uses one’s own inner wisdom as the most important guide for initiating a lifestyle change such as...
by jayme | Feb 5, 2010 | Women's Health, Women's Self-Care
How often do we say to ourselves “I really should do that”? We hear others saying the same thing. On the surface, this might not seem like a problem. After all, as human beings, we want to do what we think is “right”. This is a good thing!...
