My patient is ambivalent about change. What can I do?
My patient is ambivalent about change. What can I do? The field of health coaching is growing rapidly worldwide1,2,3,4, including here in Australia. One element…
Tag: Behaviour Change
Rediscovering behaviourism to create healthy habits: Starting tiny without shooting dogs
Rediscovering behaviourism to create healthy habits: Starting tiny without shooting dogs When I enrolled in university I thought I would study towards becoming either a…
The neuroscience of changing habits
The neuroscience of changing habits One of the biggest challenges Lifestyle Medicine practitioners face is facilitating changes in patients’ behaviour that improve health outcomes. We may be…
Making habits stick
Why is it despite our best intentions, that installing new helpful habits can be so tricky? Behavioural change even when desired, agreed upon and planned…
The psychology of behaviour change
The psychology of behaviour change As any clinician who wishes to integrate Lifestyle Medicine (LM) into their practice rapidly discovers, simply educating our clients* about…
Embedding behaviour change in meaning and purpose
Embedding behaviour change in meaning and purpose All of us who work in healthcare know that motivation is the key driver of behavioural change. In…
What to do when your patients are “too busy” for lifestyle interventions
What to do when your patients are “too busy” for lifestyle interventions One of the greatest challenges for lifestyle practitioners is guiding our clients through…
Motivating behaviour change – the Engine Room of Lifestyle Medicine
Motivating behaviour change – the Engine Room of Lifestyle Medicine “Knowledge is Power” goes the saying, often attributed to the 17thcentury Philosopher and Scientist Sir…
Change cannot not happen
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