Dr. Michelle Segar is an NIH-funded researcher at the University of Michigan. She’s also a best-selling author and health coach. She’s spent close to thirty years studying how to create sustainable changes and healthy behaviors that can survive the complexity and unpredictability of the real world.
In this episode, Monica talks with Dr. Segar about her newest book, The Joy Choice, as well as her 3-step process for staying on track even when life goes off the rails.
Highlights
- Why it is hard to follow through on our best intentions
- How research on ADHD has influenced behavior change
- The concept of Goal Shielding
- How working memory affects our behaviors and how we can leverage it
- Michelle's "POP" 3-step process and why play is such an important aspect of it
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The Joy Choice, by Michelle Segar
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