Break down the common everyday mental blocks to moving your body,
and turn your mind from an adversary into an ally in the quest to feel
better in your body.
"I know I should move my body more, but...
- I’m on my feet all day for work and I’m exhausted!"
- I’m addicted to my phone."
- I’m great at starting movement programs, just lousy at sticking with them."
- My body jiggles and embarrasses me in public."
- Movement is sooooo boring!"
Sound
familiar? If not, it probably means you have another perfectly good
excuse of your own. We all have our reasons for not getting the physical
activity we know is good for us—reasons which stubbornly defy the same
old tired prescriptive advice about hours of weekly cardio or numbers of
steps. Adding insult to injury, these same excuses contribute to you
feeling bad or guilty when you fail to move as much as you know you
“should.”
That’s why Diana Hill and Katy Bowman have put together
this simple guide to changing the way you think to change how much you
move.
Whether your internal barrier is born of fear, malaise, inertia,
embarrassment, or difficulty managing competing priorities, you will
learn how to disempower it by applying effective science-based tools for
changing the way you think.
You’ll learn to identify your
resistance—whether it’s an unhelpful thought, a misplaced motivation, or
a contextual barrier—and respond wisely and effectively, using tools
and techniques that can be applied to other areas of your life as well,
including:
- urge surfing
- motivational interviewing
- behavioral stretching
- strengthening your acceptance muscle
