Intention is a very powerful psychological attribute contributing toward any behavior change. Without an intent to change, ...

Behavior change interventions for physical activity promotion encompass a spectrum of strategies designed to support individuals in adopting and maintaining active lifestyles. Underpinned by ...

Over the course of four sessions, my patient, Stacey, and I worked toward her goals of sleeping more, checking her email less and spending more quality time with her family. She successfully developed ...

I've spent the last 10 years studying how people make health decisions, in research and in thousands of hours of coaching calls. Here's the pattern I keep seeing: When someone misses a goal they ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable disease characterized by persistent and progressive restrictions on air circulation 1. Over 90% of people with COPD ...

How many times have we made resolutions to adopt healthier habits or vowed to never engage in unhelpful ones ever again, only to chastise ourselves for failing? Then the waves of guilt and shame that ...

Correspondence to Tahlia Alsop, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia; t.alsop{at}uq.edu.au The WHO has called for action to ...