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Living SMART : Five Essential Skills to Change Your Health Habits Forever.
Title:
Living SMART : Five Essential Skills to Change Your Health Habits Forever.
Author:
Klapow, Joshua C.
ISBN:
9781936832002
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (152 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I - What It Takes to Change Your Health -- 1 - Let's Get Started -- What Is Your "Change Type?" -- The Principles of Change -- Three Simple Steps to Change -- Where Do I Start? -- SMART Skills-The Key to "The How" -- 2 - The What: Know Exactly What Needs to Change -- Sources of Information -- 3 - The Want: Decide Whether You Want to Change -- Think about Your Future -- The Pros and Cons of Change -- How Important Is Change? Can I Do It? -- A Shortcut around Motivation -- Beating Negative Thoughts -- Still Not Motivated? -- 4 - The How: SMART Skills to Change Your Behavior -- Set a Goal -- Monitor Your Progress -- Arrange Your World for Success -- Recruit a Support Team -- Treat Yourself -- 5 - Stay on Track-Avoid Behavioral Drift -- Behavioral Drift -- Don't Let the Drift Catch You -- Anticipating the Causes of the Drift -- A Plan for Getting Back on Track -- Putting Everything into Perspective -- 6 - The Chart: Your All-in-One Behavior Change Tool -- The What -- The Want -- The How -- PART II - Your Game Plan -- 7 - My Diet Game Plan -- The What-Important Information about Your Diet -- The Want-Are You Motivated to Change Your Eating Habits? -- The How-SMART Skills That Can Change Your Eating Habits -- 8 - My Exercise Game Plan -- The What-Important Information about Your Exercise Program -- The Want-Are You Motivated to Exercise? -- The How-SMART Skills for Making Exercise Happen -- 9 - My Sleep Game Plan -- The What-Important Information about Sleep -- The Want-Are You Motivated to Change Your Sleep Habits? -- The How-SMART Skills for Improving Your Sleep -- 10 - My Medication Game Plan -- The What-Important Information about Taking Medication -- The Want-Am I Committed to Taking My Medication?.

The How-SMART Skills for Taking Your Medication Consistently -- PART III - Get Help When You Need It -- 11 - When Life Gets Tough: Coaching Sessions with Drs. Klapow and Pruitt -- 12 - Action Tips for Special Situations -- Get a Grip on Stress -- Help Your Children Lead More Active Lifestyles -- Beating Road Rage -- Heart-Healthy Actions -- Getting over Gym Phobia -- Dealing with Holiday Stress -- Managing the Holiday Blues -- Holiday Spending -- Talking about Emotional Problems -- Being a Caregiver -- 13 - You CAN Do This -- A - Charts for Change -- B - Additional Resources -- Index -- Copyright Page.
Abstract:
Many books and programs are available to help people who want to quit smoking, reduce stress, become more organized, spend less money, start an exercise program, begin to diet, or make any other lifestyle change. Unfortunately, many of these resources focus only on what to change, but not how to change. Living SMART provides readers with the missing piece that can make the difference between success and failure. Developed by behavioral psychologists Dr. Joshua C. Klapow and Dr. Sheri D. Pruitt, the SMART program offers a set of evidenced- based, practical tools that go beyond “common sense and motivation." It is designed to work with any diet, exercise, stop smoking, or other health change program, and is built on the idea that successfully changing any behavior requires more than a degree of motivation; it requires the five behavioral skills embodied in the acronym SMART: Set a goal Monitor your progress Arrange your world for success Recruit a support team Treat yourself In this simple step-by-step program readers will learn how to positively change their health habits forever. Filled with helpful tips, checklists, resources, interactive exercises, and “The Chart" a tool to track progress, readers will equip themselves with the know how to successfully change any unhealthy behavior. Special features include: User-friendly format that enables readers to read the book in sections based on immediate needs, instead of from cover-to-cover Action tips to increase and maintain motivation levels Game plans for common health-related problems, including diet, exercise, sleep, and properly taking medication A companion website that provides additional information, tips, and downloadable forms Living SMART will empower readers to stop fantasizing, take control of their life, and positively change their health forever.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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