How is your journey to establish new habits going? What phase of learning are you in? Are finding it difficult to progress to the next phase? Well, there are two things that might be holding you back. One, you just haven’t practiced enough through repetition of the new behavior. In that case, you just need to give it time. Two, your self-esteem might be getting in the way.
Step Five: Build That Self-Esteem
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Continue Reading →How did the last couple of days go? Were you able to substitute in a few new behaviors instead of indulging in those bad habits? I bet you were. Was it difficult?
Keep in mind, if you find this process to be a little hard right now, that’s because you’re still using your conscious mind to exert effort and willpower to stop an old bad habit and engage in a new, healthy behavior. When that new behavior ...
Continue Reading →After our discussion earlier this week, are you ready to put your subconscious mind to work to lose that weight for you? Hold your horses! I have to teach you just a little bit more first.
So last week you learned about how habits are formed (through practice and effort in the conscious mind) and how those new habits are acted out (through the subconscious mind with minimal or no effort).
Remember, your subconscious mind does ...
Continue Reading →As the old saying goes, “Practice makes perfect.” Oddly enough, this might hold true in attempting to lose weight and keep it off. While counter-intuitive in thought, taking the time to learn proper weight loss and maintenance skills prior to starting a diet may provide better results than going into a diet full steam ahead. At least that’s what one study out of the Stanford University School of Medicine found.
The study, whose results can be found ...
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