Changepower!

37 Secrets to Habit Change Success

Meg Selig

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781135967697
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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.

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

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Section I: Springboard: Change by Choice
• Section II: The Precontemplation Stage: Open the Door
• Section III: The Contemplation Stage: Discover your Motivators
• Section IV: The Preparation Stage: Use Plan Power
• Section V: The Action Stage: Now do it!
• Section IV: Lapse and Relapse: Turn Setbacks Into Success
• Section VII: The Maintenance Stage: Keep on Keeping on
• Section VIII: The Termination Stage: Celebrating and Moving on
• Add More Power to Changepower!
• Acknowledgments
• Endnotes
• Select Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author