Michelle Segar, PhD, MPH, MS, author of No Sweat, award-winning sustainable behavior change scientist, and lifestyle coach, directs the University of Michigan's Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center. For nearly three decades, she has pioneered methods to create sustainable healthy behavior change that are widely used to boost patient health, employee well-being, and gym membership retention. She is frequently interviewed in major media outlets like The New York Times, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal and is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and trainer.
"The Joy Choice offers up a counterintuitive new formula for
creating sustainable changes in eating and exercise through joy,
purpose, and play. From a creative integration of the latest
science and provocative stories from her work with clients and
industry, Segar tells us a new tale of behavior change that lets us
reach our goals in perfectly imperfect ways. This book is for
anyone who has felt like a failure or simply hasn't figured out how
to stick with healthier lifestyles and seeks to do so."--Scott
Barry Kaufman, author of Transcend and host of The Psychology
Podcast
"If you've ever felt challenged to stick with health goals and
plans amidst a busy, chaotic life, The Joy Choice was
written for you. Segar uses understandable science, stories, and
graphics to explain why failing to meet our eating and exercise
goals isn't because we just fail. And even better, she reveals easy
and fun ways to stay consistent with our health goals, while still
tending to the meaningful people and demands in our
lives."--Tina Payne Bryson, LCSW, Ph.D, New York Times
bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child & No-Drama
Discipline, and author of The Bottom Line for Baby
"Michelle Segar is my go-to expert on sustainable behavior change.
Her work is smart, innovative, and actionable. In The Joy
Choice, she reveals some of the most interesting and
counterintuitive findings that I have read in years. Perhaps most
importantly, this book shows us how to eat better, move more, and
have a sound night's sleep. If you want a smart, science-based, and
joyful approach to sustainable behavior change, start here."
--Tom Rath, bestselling author of Eat Move Sleep and
StrengthsFinder 2.0
"The Joy Choice is a humane and inspiring book about how we
can learn to stick with our greater eating and exercise goals. It
uses cutting-edge research to explain why we shouldn't beat
ourselves up when we can't do what we planned, and provides us with
a science-based, practical framework for successful behavior
change. Eloquent, informed, and wise, this is a book I'll be
telling all of my friends to read."--Ethan Kross,
bestselling author of Chatter
"The Joy Choice offers a new, practical approach to
sustaining healthy behaviors that's both science-based and humane.
Dr. Segar fully acknowledges the daily challenges that threaten to
disrupt our self-care plans and reframes them as "choice points"--
opportunities to think flexibly, connect to our values, and accept
imperfection. Going for consistency over time (rather than aiming
for an unachievable perfect execution of the plan) is liberating
and, yes, joyful! The Joy Choice comes at a time when we
couldn't need it more."--LuAnn Heinen, Vice President of
Business Group on Health
"An essential read on how behavior change really happens (hint:
it's not just habits!). A go-to expert, Michelle Segar knows
exactly which levers to pull to achieve lasting results. If you've
ever struggled with exercise or eating goals you need to read this
book!"--Ron Friedman, PhD, bestselling author of The Best
Place to Work and Decoding Greatness
"As one who has struggled over the years to lose weight and
maintain regular exercise regimes because life always seems to "get
in the way," I found The Joy Choice a wonderfully powerful
guide to fresh ways to approach our relationship with our most
important self-care-goals. Dr. Segar reveals why so many of the
goal-achievement strategies we've been taught actually sabotage our
success. And she helps us embrace a new approach that works because
it aligns with our deepest values, supporting who we are in our
core and preventing the deep internal resistance that so commonly
gets in our way. Get The Joy Choice today! It will finally
free you to achieve your top self-care goals in a far simpler way
that aligns with your most empowered and confident self."--Kathy
Caprino, MA, career & leadership coach and author of The Most
Powerful You: 7 Bravery-Boosting Paths to Career Bliss
"Combining her accessible, optimistic, can-do ethos with research,
Michelle teaches us the art of thinking about our own thinking.
Through learning how to flexibly reframe and re-imagine our
perfectly imperfect lives, we can divine our own Joy Choices even
when 'stuff happens, ' every day."--Jane Sarasohn-Kahn,
health economist, blogger at Health Populi, and author of
HealthConsuming: from Health Consumer to Health Citizen
"Even the most committed couch potato is no match for Michelle
Segar's energy and expertise. If you don't think working out and
eating well can be fun, get ready to think again. This is an
insightful and entertaining read on the science and practice of
adopting healthy habits."--Adam Grant, New York Times
bestselling author of Think Again
"If you feel you have 'failed' at every healthy eating or physical
activity plan you've ever tried, you are almost certainly a victim
of the modern-day diet culture we live in. But there is a way to
escape this trap, and it's called the Joy Choice! Dr. Segar
provides a step-by-step guide and the specific tools needed for
implementing meaningful, healthful changes, once and for all.
The Joy Choice is a must read -- not only for individuals,
but for dietitians, therapists, and coaches, too."--Suzanne
Dixon, MPH, MS, RDN, registered dietitian and
epidemiologist
"If you're frustrated with your progress in exercising and eating
right, this book is for you. Michelle Segar distills the research
and enlists a warm, engaging style to shift the focus away from
narratives of willpower and toward a new approach to our choices
that is full of humanity, imperfection, and, yes, joy."--Daniel
H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of
Regret, When, and Drive
"She's done it again! I've been sharing Michelle Segar's insights
in my lectures around the world and with my patients at home since
reading her first book, No Sweat. Her new book, The Joy
Choice, builds on this past work with new science and deeper
insights into how we can cut through the all-or-nothing thinking
that accumulates over time, eventually derailing our goals. Using
stories from her health coaching practice and graphics to relay
this fresh thinking, The Joy Choice is a riveting and quick
read. By the end, we've learned the know how to painlessly
and playfully maintain consistency with our healthy eating and
exercise goals while still living our busy lives."--John Ratey,
MD, Harvard Medical School and bestselling author of Driven to
Distraction and Spark
"The science of behavior change forms the foundation of the work
educators and trainers do every day. The Joy of Choice
explains the latest research and new thinking about how to
encourage changes in behavior in ways that support (instead of
stress out) everyday living. Beyond helping individuals better
stick with healthier lifestyles, this insightful book provides
compelling examples and a roadmap for learning and development
professionals to put these new principles into practice in our work
creating behavior change for others."--David Kelly, EVP and
Executive Director of The Learning Guild
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