Changepower!
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Changepower!

37 Secrets to Habit Change Success

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eBook - ePub

Changepower!

37 Secrets to Habit Change Success

About this book

In Changepower! 37 Secrets to Habit Change Success, author Meg Selig guides readers through a step-by-step process that will help them achieve any habit change goal. Whether the reader wants to break a hurtful habit like smoking or overeating, or build a healthy habit like exercising or speaking up, Changepower! provides a springboard for change.

Selig helps habit-changers move beyond willpower and succeed with changepower - the synergy that comes from combining willpower with other resources, useful outside supports, and wise strategies. In Changepower!, she shows habit-changers how to beef up both their willpower and their changepower to achieve habit change success. The key is revving up motivation. Selig reveals the most powerful motivators for change - pain motivators, the Eight Great Motivators, and even not-so-noble motivators.

Research has shown that most changes take place in stages rather than overnight. Selig provides a step-by-step plan for each stage, leaving plenty of room for flexibility depending on each person's needs. First-person stories, pithy quotes, and how-to exercises provide inspiration, humor, and encouragement as readers embark on their habit change journeys.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781135967697
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Mental Health in Psychology
Index
Psychology
Index
A
AA, see Alcoholics Anonymous
Abstinence, 182, 190, 210, 226
Abusive relationships, 81
Acceptance, 39, 104
Action Stage, 5–6, 10–11, 155–156
assertiveness in, 167–172, 177
change day in, 10, 112, 157–160
coping with cravings in, 161–166
length of, 10
revising plans in, 179–183
sabotage in, 173–178
super-tools (techniques) effective in, 157–160
Addiction
controversy about, 34–35, 225–226
definition, 35
denial and, 57
disease model of, 34, 225
help for, 60–61
indications of, 59
qualities of, 34
tolerance and, 35
word origin of, 35
Advertising, 175–177
Aggressive behavior, 168–169; see also Assertiveness Training; Assertive Behavior
Alcohol; see also Drinking; Problem habits
abstaining from, 182, 190, 210, 226
brain development and, 35–36
binge drinking, 35, 107
cutting back on, 174
deaths associated with, xiv, 36
injuries associated with, 35
poisoning, 35, 107
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 57, 210, 225, 229
“Amazing Grace,” 20
Aretino, Pietro, 223
Assertive behavior, 86, 167–172, 174–175, 177; see also Assertiveness training; Healthy habits; True self-care
Assertiveness training, 167–172
Attention, see Mindfulness “Autobiography in Five Short Chapters,” vii
Awareness, see Mindfulness
B
Bad habits, see Problem habits
Balanced life, 198, 215–218
Baseline, 71, 73–75, 76, 77
Behavior change, see Habit change; Change
Ben-Shahar, Tal, 89
B...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Section I: Springboard: Change by Choice
  9. Section II: The Precontemplation Stage: Open the Door
  10. Section III: The Contemplation Stage: Discover your Motivators
  11. Section IV: The Preparation Stage: Use Plan Power
  12. Section V: The Action Stage: Now do it!
  13. Section IV: Lapse and Relapse: Turn Setbacks Into Success
  14. Section VII: The Maintenance Stage: Keep on Keeping on
  15. Section VIII: The Termination Stage: Celebrating and Moving on
  16. Add More Power to Changepower!
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Endnotes
  19. Select Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. About the Author