How many times have you made New Year resolutions and then not kept them? Research has shown that long-term change is much more likely to happen if you a use a process. Use our proven 7-step process to achieve the change you want in your life in 2020.
We know that our individual behaviours have a substantial impact on the environment. Even if we express environmental concern and awareness, this does not always translate into behaviour. Learn our behaviour change process and make changes that will be reflected in our oceans and land for years to come.
Saving our planet is going to take a change in our behaviours but the scale of what we need to change can feel overwhelming. So where can you begin? Change, big or small, is more likely to be successful if you follow a process.
Most people want to do the right thing for the environment within their businesses. The challenge is that they’re just not sure how to do it. Putting behaviour change initiatives in place can help you meet your sustainability targets quickly and often at low cost. If you want to implement a sustainability behaviour change in your business or at your workplace read our advice for some tips to get you started.
Life often gets in the way of meeting our goals. Conflicting priorities, busy work lives or home lives, illness or any other number of reasons can give us cause to give up on whatever we are aiming for. A tool that you can use from your life toolbox is to have some ‘if-then plans’ up your sleeve to help you keep on track or get back into the groove.
It’s the start of a new season and a new school year – a time to sharpen our pencils and begin again. What if you want something to change but feel like you are lacking the motivation – the will – to make that change happen? The secret to successful long-term change is to use a process to get you started and to keep you motivated along the way.
Autumn feels like a period of slowing down and a time to think and reflect on the year so far. After a busy summer it is easy to lose track of where I am in my life, so I’ve been doing a stock-take to clarify what areas I’ve been neglecting and what areas of my life I am not fully satisfied with. I explain the process I used to help me reflect on my life alongside the changing seasons.
Change doesn’t always have to be big and dramatic. Sustained change can be quite difficult, even for simple behaviours. However, the good news is that research shows that following a process makes sustained change much more likely. Once you have a process for how to change you can apply it to anything you want – big or small – diet, exercise, spending habits, relationships, work life etc.
We all have busy lives and it can be difficult to find time to take time out and have a break. However, when we do it can help us clarify who we are and what we might want to change. It’s also an opportunity to stimulate your senses. Learn some of our techniques that strengthen the opportunity to take time out for micro-time out moments.
Do you ever just wish that there was some time that you could set aside just for you? Time out for yourself is not selfish – it’s important. Everyone deserves a little time out! Taking time out for yourself doesn’t need to involve an entire day but there are so many little moments that you can capture to yourself. Read out 6 top tips for making time for yourself.
Do you ever sit with your friends and discuss ‘what can I do to change my weight, finances, relationship, health, teenagers? Whenever you are trying to make change happen in your life take actions that are appropriate and effective for you and don’t just try to copy what someone else is doing. Your life is unique and how you choose to change it needs to be unique to you too.
Many of us join a gym in the New Year with every intention of getting in shape. Then life happens – you need to work late, you feel too tired to go, a social engagement comes up. Before you know it, weeks have passed, and you haven’t crossed the gym floor once. You are not alone as about 80% of New Year resolutions fail by February. Luckily there are things you can do to get and stay motivated to maximise your investment in a gym membership.
When it comes to nutrition and health, most of us have a pretty good idea of what we should be doing – the challenge is actually doing it. We all know the advice about eat less and exercise more but why is that so difficult to put into practice and why do so many ‘diets’ fail? According to research the key is personalisation.
