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Leveraging Personalized Technology to Motivate Behavior Change

Society for Participatory Medicine

I care for a diverse population of individuals in my primary care practice. He had been a pack-a-day smoker and was drinking too much alcohol. A few years after he developed coronary artery disease and required a stent he was able to quit smoking and also stopped using alcohol, which was a tremendous accomplishment.

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How to Break Your Habit of Negative Thinking Patterns

Insulin Nation

If you live with a non-stop disease like diabetes that requires constant health-related choices and effort, the habits of your thinking can have a big impact. . I’m never gonna lose weight” versus “I can keep trying, making gradual progress bit by bit.”. In psychology speak, Elliott says the acronym “ANTS” is important to identify.