Multi-millionaire Marie Forleo credits this habit for saving her relationship. Song-bird Alanis Morissette is also a fan. And I just started creating this habit with my new-ish man. Speaking of which, this is my first public outing of the ‘Pirate’. … Continued
Shortly after my no-fun marriage separation, my ex dropped some of my property at a friends house. The ex told my friend of my plans to do a PhD, adding his opinion that I’d never finish it. Some years and … Continued
Self-compassion is very unpopular – mainly as many of us think it’s a demotivating weakness. Which is a shame. The clinical evidence suggests the exact opposite. This short 17-minute video on self-compassion from Dr Kristin Neff is well worth a … Continued
I love New Year’s. Because of my obsession with habits, I love asking people about their New Year’s resolutions. But most people tell me they’ve stopped making them. Note, they don’t tell me they don’t make them. They tell me they’ve stopped making them. … Continued
We are over halfway through the year. Before I tell you about my recent life-changing-hideous-failure-induced epiphany, how’s those New Year’s resolutions going? I was one of several behavior change experts interviewed for a Next magazine article ‘Resolution Reboot‘. The article … Continued
Need more self-control? Here’s a 3:42 minute willpower booster. An unfortunate myth about self-control has arisen from the Stanford University marshmallow/self-control experiments (do you want one marshmallow now or two marshmallows in 10 minutes). And the myth is that … Continued
We don’t usually do emotional eating alone. Yes, I said “we”. We like company. But preferably not human company. We prefer the electronic kind: TV, films, even the computer will do. You know the kind of emotional eating I’m talking … Continued
That was my first thought upon waking yesterday morning. I can’t do this. I was thinking of my book The 21-day myth: A step by step guide to rapid habit change – including procrastination. The previous morning I’d sent … Continued
(From my newsletter dated .. ummm .. early 2018?) I have a bunch of virtual t-shirts. Have you ever seen the t-shirt saying “What would Jesus do?” Well, I have a new virtual t-shirt saying “What would a German do?!” Workaholism … Continued
[4 minute psychology] “Thanks Rebecca, now I feel like less of a Ph.D. fuck up”. The ex-doctoral student was responding to my congratulations on his job promotion. He hadn’t completed his Ph.D. I wish everyone had a Ph.D. Then everyone … Continued