On that mad research buzz, I came across an article in Psychology today with the title ‘Modifying Behaviour and Creating Change is Easy’. On that buzz of finally cracking the code to being able to get my middle splits (can you tell this is a recurring roadblock of mine?) I clicked.
Here is what I learnt; creating change is as simple as following this three step process:
1. Identify the behaviour you want to change
2. Do what you need to change
3. Reward yourself by celebrating
Did your inner cynic just roll their eyes so aggressively that they threw up? Same. Of course, the article went on to elaborate and explain the catch. There’s always a goddam catch. The change of behaviour, a smirking* Abraham M. Gutsioglou, Ph.D. explains, is the easy part
The Catch
The difficult part is sticking to it.
Aha. What food for thought when we critically break down all those quick fix habits – the ones we take on without follow through.
I considered this with Groove Therapy and our client base. Whilst we have a solid base of regulars (hence the sell-out classes – woo), we also have a huge contingent of people who came, transformed momentarily, then retreated into their manic work-life cycles.
So how do we make it stick?
In the case of dance class, we’ll hold up our end of the bargain; turning up every week at the same place, same time. All you need to do is make space for us regularly in your schedule.
With habit, comes repeated practise and with repetition comes growth.
Come dance with us?
Vanessa
xx
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