Part 4: Create a Helpful Environment

Create a Helpful Environment

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This section begins with a closer look at changing habits. Many of your actions each day—if not most of them—are controlled by habits. In times of stress or other times when your goals are not a top priority, you are likely to go back to old habits. Thus, establishing healthy habits is important for long-term success.

 

Your environment cues many behaviors. This section will help you set up your environment to be helpful.

•  Physical Environment. This includes your kitchen, dining area, desk drawer, and other places you store and eat food.

•  Social Environment. This includes the people around you, people important to you (near and far), and social media. This section will also help you talk to others about your goals.

•  Mental Environment. This includes the things you say to yourself. This also includes changing the unhelpful thoughts that get in the way of taking action.

When "Just a Little" Doesn't Work

Make Unhealthy Habits Less Convenient

It Takes a Village

Build Support at Home

Build Support at Work

Social Media for Support

Support Isn't Supportive

Be Assertive

Use the L.A.D.D.E.R. Technique

Practice Assertiveness

Unsupportive Situations

Say Nice Things to Yourself

Dispute Unhelpful Thoughts

Rational Thinking

Banish Black & White Thoughts

Control Catastrophic Thinking

Create Self-Enhancing Feelings

The Power of a Phrase

Review and Prepare

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