Self Motivation Resources

The self motivation links below are provided as supplemental articles, resources, tools and products to help guide you toward making and following through on healthy lifestyle choices.

Get Motivated - 16 Ways to Get Out of a Slump
Even the most motivated of us can feel unmotivated at times. In fact, sometimes we get into such a slump that even thinking about making positive changes seems too difficult. But it’s not hopeless: with some small steps, baby ones in fact, you can get started down the road to positive change.

Motivation - How to Get There
Motivation has become a popular word nowadays. There are motivational coaches and speakers, and motivational books and articles. What is it actually, and why do you need it? Find out more in this short and comprehensive article.

How to Get Motivated
This article describes negative thinking as the biggest challenge to motivation. Motivation requires positive thought and positive thinking enables you to clearly visualize your own success.

How to Motivate Yourself
There is no simple solution for a lack of motivation. Even after beating it, the problem reappears at the first sign of failure. The key is understanding your thoughts and how they drive your emotions.

Motivate Healthy Habits
The single biggest reason for not being able to follow through on behavior change is emotional resistance. Learn how to recognize emotional resistance and how to overcome it in this 160-page, easy to read book by Dr. Rick Botelho.

The Feel Good Paradox
The author, Marc F. Kern, PhD, is a practicing psychologist who believes that the most central feature for successful lifestyle change is to challenge the "feel good" paradox. Specifically, that successful lifestyles must satisfy the same desires that brought about unhealthy lifestyles: it must feel good.


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