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Career
How to Know If You’ll Ever Accomplish That Goal

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on January 5, 2013

Find out the ingredients to successfully accomplishing a goal and whether you are likely to accomplish the goal you have in mind for yourself right now.

Find out the ingredients to successfully accomplishing a goal and whether you are likely to accomplish the goal you have in mind for yourself right now.

Motivation
Today Is Not The Day To Change My Life

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on November 11, 2012

Why do we put off important decisions and actions? Avoidance is one of the most powerful motivators of our behavior. The danger of avoidance is that the gravity of the avoided task becomes heavier over time and your anxiety intensifies, which in a vicious cycle, further reinforces more avoidance. Most problems get worse when unattended. Here's how to dig in.

Why do we put off important decisions and actions? Avoidance is one of the most powerful motivators of our behavior. The danger of avoidance is that the gravity of the avoided task becomes heavier over time and your anxiety intensifies, which in a vicious cycle, further reinforces more avoidance. Most problems get worse when unattended. Here's how to dig in.

Health
Are You a People Pleaser?

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on October 26, 2012

"People pleasers" are the nicest and most helpful people you know. They never say “no.” Unfortunately, people-pleasing can be an extremely unhealthy pattern of behavior.

"People pleasers" are the nicest and most helpful people you know. They never say “no.” Unfortunately, people-pleasing can be an extremely unhealthy pattern of behavior.

Media
How Social Media Can Help You Lose Weight

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on October 10, 2012

Your social life is one of the most important factors affecting your weight. Do you have enough social support to reach your weight loss goals? A little more couldn't hurt. I will show you how to leverage social media to get all the weight loss support you need.

Your social life is one of the most important factors affecting your weight. Do you have enough social support to reach your weight loss goals? A little more couldn't hurt. I will show you how to leverage social media to get all the weight loss support you need.

Stress
Is Stress Contagious?

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on September 18, 2012

Stress can pass from person-to-person like bad germs, but there are ways to inoculate yourself from these contagious forms of stress.

Stress can pass from person-to-person like bad germs, but there are ways to inoculate yourself from these contagious forms of stress.

Appetite
10 Ways to Improve Your Weight Loss Potential In Less Than a Minute

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on August 27, 2012

Having no time is the number one excuse for not following through on a weight loss plan. Here are 10 tricks that will take less than one minute per week and some may even save you time.

Having no time is the number one excuse for not following through on a weight loss plan. Here are 10 tricks that will take less than one minute per week and some may even save you time.

Career
8 Minutes to a Longer Life

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on August 14, 2012

Recent research has shown that prolonged sitting time is associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, regardless of how active you are in your non-sitting time.

Recent research has shown that prolonged sitting time is associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, regardless of how active you are in your non-sitting time.

Personality
How Your Personality Can Help You Lose Weight

Sherry Pagoto Ph.D. on August 13, 2012

Whenever I read on the topic of personality and weight loss, the message is that our personality traits make us fat. This inherently suggests that people who are overweight have some sort of personality deficiency, which is in error because personality is multidimensional, not driven by a single trait.

Whenever I read on the topic of personality and weight loss, the message is that our personality traits make us fat. This inherently suggests that people who are overweight have some sort of personality deficiency, which is in error because personality is multidimensional, not driven by a single trait.