by lindafoggphillips | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, Gratitude, Happiness, Holidays
In the United States, November is the month for focusing on gratitude as we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday. Celebrating an abundant fall harvest is a common practice in many cultures, and with good reason. There are many documented benefits to approaching your...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Sep 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Robin Zander My friend Ben Weston teaches men to dance. He even gave a TED talk about why it is a problem in the world that men don’t dance more, which I highly recommend. Personally, I have taken a different extreme and train classical ballet, about as far from...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Fitness, Health, Success
by BJ Fogg, PhD I’ve been focusing a lot on the power of “starter steps.” “What’s that?” you ask. Well, a starter step is the first step in a longer sequence of behaviors. For example, opening your sketchbook is a...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Aug 18, 2015 | Blog, Dance, Fitness, Health, Uncategorized
By Robin Peter Zander I am currently dancing classical ballet about 20 hours each week and am about to start a gig performing with the San Francisco Opera. Regularly, I hear some version of admiration followed by self-denial, like: “That’s great that...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Aug 15, 2015 | Blog, Business, Memory, Personal Development
Having worked with clients for over 20 years in the art of improving memory I noticed that there were a number of common problems people shared: getting over the learning curve when it came to using memory strategies finding a way to implement them in real life...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Aug 13, 2015 | Blog, Personal Development, Success
BJ Fogg, PhD I’ve been coaching people in Tiny Habits for about four years now. Each week people sign up for the 5-day program I offer, and then I guide them in learning and practicing the Tiny Habits method, from Monday to Friday. Day by day — for over four years —...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog, Fitness, Success
By Robin Zander In any learning process, appreciation is essential. Celebrating yourself throughout a learning process will make the whole experience more enjoyable, and incidentally faster. Appreciate where you are Appreciating where you are right now is probably the...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Jan 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kim Avery, MA, PCC I tried everything. I bribed, threatened, coaxed, prodded, and coached myself to start exercising again but to no avail. After some major life transitions, I had fallen off the exercise wagon, and five years later it looked like I’d never get back...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Jan 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
About half of the people doing Tiny Habits have a hard time with the celebration step. I wish this were easier for people. Why? Because that’s how you make your new behavior automatic: You fire off positive emotions right after you’re doing the behavior (or while...
by linda@foggphillips.com | Jan 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Taking small steps is the fastest way to progress in any new skill. Unfortunately, handstands are almost never taught according to this dictum. Especially with a physical feat as unusual as standing or walking on your hands, every student and most teachers want the...
