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How to Use the Power of Habit to Improve Your Health and Productivity

January 18, 2017 by Sharon Horesh Bergquist 1 Comment

Power of Habit

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We think of building healthy behaviors or increasing productivity as a matter of willpower. We seek knowledge and goal setting skills to make the desired change. With determination and discipline, we may succeed, at least for days or even months—but more than often, we fall off course. The common assumption is that our day-to-day decisions are conscious choices. But our ability to make informed decisions that control our behavior is fundamentally limited. Psychology and neuroscience suggest that most of our actions are borne out of habit—they are reflexive, instinctive, and occur outside the awareness of our conscious mind. And if we pit one against the other, our thinking minds are no match for our automatic habits. Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Health, Prevention, Wellness Tagged With: changing a habit, habit, health, productivity, setting goals

Struggling to change your health habits? Try these 8 steps

May 20, 2015 by Sharon Horesh Bergquist Leave a Comment

Changing a health habit

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Whether you want lose weight, quit smoking, or start exercising, changing your habit—and sticking with it—is hard.

From my experience, most people know at least one habit or behavior they would like to change in order to improve their health and wellbeing but struggle to make it happen. The challenge is moving from knowing to doing. How can you get started, gain momentum, and avoid slipping backwards?

Changing any health habit requires having a clear, realistic, step-by-step plan. Continue Reading...

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