Changepower! : 37 Secrets to Habit Change Success.

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Selig, Meg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2009.
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Changepower!; Copyright Page; Dedication; Autobiography In Five Short Chapters; Contents; Preface; Section I: Springboard: Change by Choice; Secret 1. Discover Your Place on the Wheel of Change; Secret 2. Try the Quick-Change Path; Secret 3. Detect Your Success Pattern; Secret 4. Respect the Power of Habit and Addiction; Secret 5. Know the Key Factor in Habit Change Success; Section II: The Precontemplation Stage: Open the Door; Secret 1. View Your Habit With a Compassionate Eye; Secret 2. Know When True Self-Care Morphs Into False Self-Care; Secret 3. Reduce Harm.
  • Secret 4. Decide on Your "Change Point"Secret 5. If Your Habit Is Out of Control, Get Help; Secret 6. Open the Door; Section III: The Contemplation Stage: Discover Your Motivators; Secret 1. Wake Up From Your Habit Trance; Secret 2. Keep Score; Secret 3. Welcome the Pain; Secret 4. Think Big: Spark Your Change With These Eight Great Motivators; Secret 5. Pump Up Your Motivation; Secret 6. Change Your Self-talk; Secret 7. Dare to Decide; Section IV: The Preparation Stage: Use Plan Power; Secret 1. Think Small: Start Your Change With a Gentle Mini-Goal.
  • Secret 2. Build Your Plan With These 12 Super-ToolsSecret 3. Back Up Wimpy Willpower With the Right Super-tools; Secret 4. Surround Yourself With Support; Secret 5. Give Yourself a Mental Vaccination; Secret 6. Make Your Change Plan--and Tweak It as You Go; Section V: The Action Stage: Now Do It!; Secret 1. Use the Action Super-Tools on Change Day--and Every Day; Secret 2. Ride Out the Cravings With These Proven Techniques; Secret 3. Speak Up; Secret 4. Brace Yourself for the Change-back Squad; Secret 5. Shape Up a Flabby Plan With These Easy Fixes.
  • Section VI: Lapse And Relapse: Turn Setbacks Into SuccessSecret 1. Prevent Lapses and Relapses; Secret 2. Deal With the Dreadful "D Feelings" if You Do Relapse; Secret 3. Try Again; Section VII: The Maintenance Stage: Keep On Keeping On; Secret 1. Keep on Keeping on With Maintenance Super-tools; Secret 2. Keep Your Life in Balance; Secret 3. Climb a Few Rungs on the Happiness Ladder; Section VIII: The Termination Stage: Celebrating and Moving On; Secret 1. Know Your Final Destination; Secret 2. Build a Better Life With Habit Change Skills; Add More Power to Changepower!; Acknowledgments.
  • EndnotesSelect Bibliography; Index; About the Author.