Re-Release: Michelle Segar on Making Lasting Changes

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Michelle Segar, PhD, is a motivation scientist and author of critically acclaimed “No Sweat! How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness” . She is also the Director of the Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center (SHARP) at the University of Michigan, and Chair of the U.S. National Physical Activity Plan’s Communications Committee. Her evidence-based ideas about what motivates people to choose and maintain healthy behaviors is changing the conversation across fields. She consults with global organizations on these issues and delivers keynotes and sustainable behavior change trainings. She ran with the Olympic Torch at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. In This Interview, Michelle Segar and I Discuss…

The One You Feed parable

Her book, No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness

How considering a different “why” for starting to be more physically active can be helpful

That why we engage in physical activity and what it is that we do are critical when it comes to us sticking with it

How too many “whys” dilute their positive effect on us

Intrinsic vs Extrinsic goals

How answering the question, “What kind of physical activity did you enjoy doing as a kid?” can be important

That we should start doing what makes us feel good and stop doing what makes us feel bad when it comes to physical activity

That any physical movement is better than none at all – Everything counts!

That flexibility is a strategy for success when it comes to sustained physical activity in your life

The vicious cycle of failure

The sustainable cycle of self-care

That it’s important to focus one complicated behavior change at a time

The self-care hierarchy

Michelle Segar Links Homepage Twitter LinkedIn

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