ABSTRACT
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, Changepower! provides a springboard for change.
Selig helps habit-changers move beyond willpower and succeed with changepower - the synergy that comes from combining willpower with other resources, useful outside supports, and wise strategies. In Changepower!, she shows habit-changers how to beef up both their willpower and their changepower to achieve habit change success. The key is revving up motivation. Selig reveals the most powerful motivators for change - pain motivators, the Eight Great Motivators, and even not-so-noble motivators.
Research has shown that most changes take place in stages rather than overnight. Selig provides a step-by-step plan for each stage, leaving plenty of room for flexibility depending on each person’s needs. First-person stories, pithy quotes, and how-to exercises provide inspiration, humor, and encouragement as readers embark on their habit change journeys.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section |40 pages
Springboard
chapter |14 pages
Discover Your Place on the Wheel of Change
chapter |7 pages
Try the Quick-Change Path
chapter |6 pages
Detect Your Success Pattern
chapter |7 pages
Respect the Power of Habit and Addiction
chapter |4 pages
Know the Key Factor in Habit Change Success
section |23 pages
The Precontemplation Stage
chapter |5 pages
View Your Habit with a Compassionate Eye
chapter |5 pages
Know When True Self-Care Morphs into False Self-Care
chapter |3 pages
Reduce Harm
chapter |3 pages
Decide on Your “Change Point”
chapter |3 pages
If Your Habit is Out of Control, Get Help
chapter |2 pages
Open the Door
section |46 pages
The Contemplation Stage
chapter |6 pages
Wake Up from your Habit Trance
chapter |5 pages
Keep Score
chapter |5 pages
Welcome the Pain
chapter |5 pages
Pump Up Your Motivation
chapter |5 pages
Change your Self-talk
chapter |6 pages
Dare to Decide
section |43 pages
The Preparation Stage
chapter |7 pages
Build Your Plan with these 12 Super-Tools
chapter |4 pages
Back Up Wimpy Willpower with the Right Super-Tools
chapter |7 pages
Surround Yourself with Support
chapter |3 pages
Give Yourself a Mental Vaccination
chapter |11 pages
Make Your Change Plan— and Tweak it as You Go
section |30 pages
The Action Stage
chapter |4 pages
Use the Action Super-Tools on Change Day—and Every Day
chapter |6 pages
Ride Out the Cravings with these Proven Techniques
chapter |6 pages
Speak Up
chapter |6 pages
Brace Yourself for the Change-Back Squad
chapter |6 pages
Shape Up a Flabby Plan with these Easy Fixes
section |19 pages
Lapse and Relapse
chapter |6 pages
Prevent Lapses and Relapses
chapter |5 pages
Deal with the Dreadful “D Feelings” if You Do Relapse
chapter |4 pages
Try Again
section |18 pages
The Maintenance Stage
chapter |8 pages
Keep on Keeping on with Maintenance Super-Tools
chapter |4 pages
Keep Your Life in Balance
chapter |4 pages
Climb a Few Rungs on the Happiness Ladder
section |10 pages
The Termination Stage