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Why "Going on a Diet" is a Mindset for Failure

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Why "Going on a Diet" is a Mindset for Failure

Goals reflect how you think about problems and how you think about yourself. If your goal is something along the lines of "I'll diet so that I can be thin", the implication of that goal implies that you start dieting, reach your goal, and then you stop dieting. We all know what happens after that.

The 7 Skills Willpwr+EE Will Help You Master for Lasting Change

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The 7 Skills Willpwr+EE Will Help You Master for Lasting Change

We believe the only way to keep weight off, no matter how you lose it, is to develop healthier habits in spite of how tempting our food world has become.

Inventions and Addictions

Inventions and Addictions

I had a professor many years ago who claimed that the invention of distilled spirits kicked off an epidemic of alcoholism the world had never seen before. He said that almost all cultures centuries before that time had fermented drinks, especially low alcohol-content beer and wine. Drinking to excess was

Beyond the Mood-Food Connection

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Beyond the Mood-Food Connection

It doesn’t take much convincing these days to underscore the importance of dealing with emotional eating if you are motivated to lose weight and to keep it lost. Freud recognized the connection over 100 years ago and thought it was an attempt to deal with unconscious needs. It wasn’

Yoda, Luke, The Force, and Willpower

Yoda, Luke, The Force, and Willpower

Pretty catchy title for this piece, eh? Sometimes I get a little silly. Luke employing the Force in Starwars, and those of us using willpower here on earth, do not at first glance have much in common. The Force seems magical. It’s science fiction, after all. It affects other

The New Science of Willpower

The New Science of Willpower

The idea of helping people self-regulate their behavior has been a major focus of society for thousands of years. Think of how cultural norms, religious guidance, medical advice and legal prohibitions all encourage us to demonstrate self-control. There’s just no question that urges and desires are part of the

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I've been a psychotherapist for over thirty years. I have to say that I've been disappointed with the effectiveness of traditional therapies when it comes to ending addictions and negative habits. The knowledge is there: We've learned a lot about brain mechanisms underlying addictions,