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All Great Feats
All great feats of success and happiness can be attributed to three things. The experienced chaos of this reality. The suffering one...

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Sep 24, 20211 min read


The 3 P's of Progress
The three things that give us the energy to continue progressing in life are our passions, our purpose and the people in our lives....

Hector Solis
Sep 19, 20211 min read


Disillusionment
To free oneself from our own false beliefs or illusions. Accompanied by the feeling of disappointment, akin to depression, arising from...

Hector Solis
Sep 10, 20211 min read


Setting the Example
What happens when there is no one to enact or uphold any standards of practice in the world around us? Mediocrity, negligence and willful...

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Aug 6, 20211 min read


Maladjustment
Maladjustment is a term used in psychology to refer to the "inability to react successfully and satisfactorily to the demands of one's...

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Jul 10, 20211 min read


Someday
We all have the capacity to live as a champion in our own lives. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not in a month. But with...

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Jul 3, 20211 min read


Self-efficacy in Individuals
A person with high self-efficacy views challenges as things that are supposed to be mastered rather than threats to avoid. These people...

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Jul 2, 20211 min read


The Social Environment
The social environment, social context, sociocultural context or milieu refers to the immediate physical and social setting in which...

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Jun 28, 20211 min read


Social Learning Theory
Social learning theory is a theory of learning process and social behavior which proposes that new behaviors can be acquired by observing...

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Jun 27, 20211 min read


Sources of Self-efficacy
The most effective way to build self-efficacy is to engage in mastery experiences. These mastery experiences can be defined as a personal...

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Jun 26, 20211 min read


Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy is a personal judgment of how well or poorly a person is able to cope with a given situation based on the skills they have...

Hector Solis
Jun 24, 20211 min read


Decisional Balance
This core construct reflects the individual's relative weighing of the pros and cons of changing. Decisional balance measures (the pros...

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Jun 23, 20211 min read


The Ten Processes of Change
Consciousness-raising (Get the facts) — increasing awareness via information, education, and personal feedback about the healthy...

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Jun 22, 20211 min read


Processes of Change
The 10 processes of change are "covert and overt activities that people use to progress through the stages". To progress through the...

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Jun 21, 20211 min read


Maintenance ("monitoring")
People have been able to sustain action for at least six months and are working to prevent relapse. It is important for people in this...

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Jun 21, 20211 min read


Action ("current action")
People have made specific overt modifications in modifying their problem behavior or in acquiring new healthy behaviors. These...

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Jun 20, 20211 min read


Preparation ("ready")
People are intending to take action in the immediate future, and may begin taking small steps toward behavior change. They take small...

Hector Solis
Jun 19, 20211 min read


Contemplation ("getting ready")
People are beginning to recognize that their behavior is problematic, and start to look at the pros and cons of their continued actions....

Hector Solis
Jun 17, 20211 min read


Precontemplation ("not ready")
People are not intending to take action in the foreseeable future, and can be unaware that their behavior is problematic....

Hector Solis
Jun 17, 20211 min read


Stages of Change
This construct refers to the temporal dimension of behavioral change. In the transtheoretical model, change is a process involving...

Hector Solis
Jun 16, 20211 min read
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