by Ron | Aug 20, 2010 | Miscellaneous
Anyone who has ever worked in an office has observed the following types of behavior. On the one hand, you have the perfectionists that are scrambling for time to produce the perfect report or finish a task flawlessly. They always seem to be in a hurry, stressed and...
by Ron | Aug 13, 2010 | Miscellaneous
There are not too many people I know that would argue in favour of work over leisure time in the pursuit of happiness and peak experiences. In fact, it is during our leisure time that we expect to immerse ourselves in activities we enjoy and feel like we are in the...
by Ron | Jul 27, 2010 | Miscellaneous
When we try to change a certain behavior that has become a bad habit or addiction, we usually go through a series of trial and error periods before we eventually find a way to successfully break free from whatever addiction we are trying to break. Of particular...
by Ron | Jul 16, 2010 | Miscellaneous
One of the hardest (and most recurring) obstacles to breaking free from an addiction is cravings. Learning how to successfully deal with cravings is an essential part of the Maintenance phase of the Transtheoretical Model of change. In this phase, we have implemented...
by Ron | Jul 2, 2010 | Miscellaneous
When you are trying to change a habit such as an addiction, there are many things to consider if you want to increase your chances of succeeding. The preparation stage, described in Prochaska’s Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of change, is essential to increasing your...
by Ron | May 15, 2010 | Miscellaneous
When our lives get a little hectic we sometimes have a tendency to drift away from people in our lives that have a positive influence on us. This isolation sometimes leaves us feeling lonely, empty and lowers our satisfaction of life. It is ironic how when we get in...
