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
Ever noticed how 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. Even, and especially, our smart phones. … 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 lurks … 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
I was stunned. I was in Italy, at my first (male-dominated) robotics conference – watching in shock as a young woman presenter was publicly bullied, tag-team style, by two senior men. It was horrible to watch. I kept expecting someone … Continued
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I’m back! – I broke up with Gorgeous Man (in case you blinked) – moved house – wrote a blog post about a top strategy for beating emotional eating habits – rebranded Sunday – and married Donald Trump! Sunday = SpaDay … Continued
I didn’t want to go to the Tantra workshop. I had to. Because of my Policy of Yes. The Policy of Yes arose from spending the better part of a 10-year relationship under house-arrest. Not physical or legal chains. Worse. … Continued