Change Challenger Carol Ann shares her change plan to improve her relationship with her son as he manages a chronic illness. What is your change goal? Facilitating a young adult’s transition to self managed care of a chronic medical condition. Specifically, by 5/1/11, our son will be engaged in a ongoing healthcare with an appropriate …
Change Challenger Janet shares her change plan to be on time…once and for all. I was on time for my birth, but it has been a struggle ever since. When I am on time, I feel calm and really good. When I am not – which is far too often – I feel stressed and …
Change Challenger Brennan shares how he has been both the scientist and the subject to help achieve his goals. As I’ve begun my change journey and created a plan using the Change Anything model, the thing that has most impressed me has been how important it is to be a change scientist studying ourselves. Over …
Change Challenge Winner Bobby Robbins shares the process of creating his change plan and his initial success. I am pleased to announce that I am down 12 pounds since I submitted my YouTube video. This actually came as quite a shock. I have yet to implement a workout schedule and I have failed to update …
Change Challenger Eris Weaver shares her change plan and initial success using the Change Anything model. I’ve had great success with my change plan so far—even though the behavior I’m addressing is fairly entrenched. While I know a lot about behavior change, I have never applied this knowledge systematically to this particular problem. Sitting down …
In this month’s Change Anything column, Tomas B. shares the specific strategies he used to lose weight. In my late twenties, I lived in Vietnam as an expatriate. I loved eating pizza and having drinks with friends, and when I returned to the corporate office in Copenhagen for my next posting, I weighed 242 pounds. …
Meet the Change Anything Challengers, three people with common challenges who are looking to make big changes in 2011. We met these changers when they shared their story with us in the Change Anything in 2011 Challenge. Each one has struggled for years to accomplish life goals, get the promotion they deserve, or feel healthy …
Our research shows nine out of ten people who are skilled at holding crucial conversations enjoy their family gatherings—despite the unruly behavior of their relatives. So to kick off the festivities, our award-winning video team presents Holiday Spice: Relatively Speaking . . . Share with your friends: Follow these four recommendations for talking to unruly …
In this month’s Change Anything column, Patricia S. shares the specific strategies she used to save her marriage. My husband and I have been married for nearly twenty-seven years. However, it wasn’t until five years ago that I began to understand what it meant to be completely committed to another person. At the time, my …
In this month’s Change Anything column, Michael Emehiser shares the specific strategies he used to motivate weight loss. I knew something was wrong when I woke up in the middle of the night and felt a crushing pressure in my chest. I soon found myself in an ambulance on my way to the hospital where …
