Is There a Next Generation Conversation About Habits

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"There is a next generation conversation happening in the habit literature about whether or not really complex behaviors like physical activity should be discussed in the same way as these more simple behaviors," she says. "I think part of the old story behavior changes were given strategies and programs and they sound logical but we haven't been taught to think critically about them" She adds that if an emergency comes up and I can't work out that day because it's my set time, maybe I've got to do something smaller or lesser than that day.

This week I was privileged to welcome Michelle Segar to the show to discuss her new book The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise. Michelle is a researcher at The University of Michigan who studies sustainable behavior change and the science of habits. In this conversation Michelle unpacks the science behind our choices and explains how thinking around behavior change has often made the mistake of an all or nothing approach to changing our habits and lifestyle.

The Joy Choice offers a fresh, brain-based solution that turns the old behavior-change paradigm on its head. This groundbreaking book liberates you from the self-defeating obligations and rigid requirements of past diet and workout regimens and reveals what emerging research suggests really drives the consistent choices that power sustainable change.

Michelle Segar, PhD is an award-winning lifestyle coach and sustainable behavior change researcher at the University of Michigan. For nearly three decades, she has pioneered methods to create sustainable healthy behavior changes that are being used to boost patient health, employee well-being, and gym membership retention.

Website: https://michellesegar.com

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