Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice with Habit Coach, Erin Laverone
Jul 25, 2023
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Erin Laverone, nutrition, health, and fitness coach, shares core teachings on behavior modification, flow state, continuing education, and more. Topics include the ABC model of behavior modification, the impact of environments on behavior, being flexible with eating, and having an experimenter's mindset for growth.
Understanding the underlying need or discomfort behind a behavior can help coaches guide clients towards more productive solutions.
Managing energy levels and creating an environment that reduces triggers can contribute to making healthier choices and avoiding counterproductive behaviors.
The external environment, including physical, social, digital, and mental factors, plays a significant role in behavior change and can be effectively managed to support healthier choices and habits.
Deep dives
Understanding Behavior Change
Every behavior is a solution to a problem, even if it is considered bad. Behaviors have triggers, actions, and consequences. It is important to understand why someone is engaging in a behavior and what problem it solves for them. By identifying the underlying need or discomfort, coaches can help clients find more productive solutions that align with their long-term goals.
Managing Willpower and Energy Levels
The concept of willpower as a finite resource that depletes throughout the day has been refuted. Instead, it is more about managing energy levels and creating an environment that reduces external triggers and addresses internal triggers. Boosting energy through good sleep, nutrition, and exercise contributes to making healthier choices and avoiding behaviors that are counterproductive to long-term goals.
The Role of Environment in Behavior Change
The environment plays a significant role in behavior change. It includes the physical environment, social environment, and various other factors like digital and mental environments. By managing the external environment and setting up cues and prompts for desired behaviors, individuals can create an environment that supports healthier choices and habits. Additionally, addressing internal triggers like boredom and negative emotions is essential in developing more productive habits.
Importance of Hiring a Coach
Hiring a coach can be life-changing for fitness and health span. A coach provides unbiased, objective feedback and serves as an accountability partner. Having an extra set of eyes and guidance can help navigate change and make progress.
Benefits of Flow State and Managing Distractions
Engaging in activities that bring about flow, such as mountain biking or weightlifting, helps clear the mind and focus on the present moment. It is important to manage distractions, such as turning off notifications and keeping phones out of sight. Prioritizing time for deep work and removing barriers to concentration can enhance productivity and flow.
Choosing the healthy option, whether it be what you eat, what time you go to bed, or how much you exercise, is not always the easy option. But what if we could do the work to permanently change our behaviors and patterns for the better? I’m excited to have Erin Laverone, nutrition, health, and fitness coach and Co-Founder of The Habit Coach Professionals, on the Stamina Lab podcast today. In our conversation, she shares some of the core teachings that she uses with her clients to help them curate the life they desire. We talk about everything from behavior modification, getting into flow, continuing education, and more. You’re going to leave this episode with a lot of tangible steps that will help you make real headway on changing your life for the better.