Monitoring for slip-ups and offering yourself compassion is especially critical in sustaining desired behavior change. Here are three essential components to help you self-monitor and maintain healthy habits long-term.

Struggling to stick to plans? If-Then plans are an extensively studied strategy from cognitive psychology that have been shown to increase the likelihood of goal attainment. So, WHAT are if-then plans and HOW do you implement them?

When we believe that our behaviors are unchangeable, we easily give up and say to ourselves, “I knew I could never do that.” So, let’s take a look at the silent messages that are holding you back - your limiting beliefs - and what to do about them.

Most people know from experience that knowledge and good intentions are, by themselves, insufficient to produce behavior change. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to successfully set goals…

Mindfulness is defined as the awareness that arises when we pay attention in the present moment, on purpose, and non-judgmentally. To understand how mindfulness is involved in forming habits, let’s learn about two systems of the brain and how they impact your behavior.

At the beginning of the year, we make commitments to stop unhealthy habits and start healthy ones. However, no matter how committed we are, we need help maintaining new routines. Even after a few weeks we get off track. WHY do we do this and WHAT can we do about it?