Beyond your resolutions: Your guide to; Stopping smoking, Getting the weight off, Becoming fitter, Eating a better diet, Drinking less, Relaxing more, ... and other healthy lifestyle changes

We all want it, right?We all WANT to be more active, drop some weight, cut down on how much we drink, do things for our mental health or maybe stub out that cigarette. Yet despite wanting it, after I have set my New Year resolution, or decided to get beach body ready, stub out my last cigarette or cut back the alcohol, I struggle to MAINTAIN it; I struggle to keep my healthier lifestyle. Why? What stops us maintaining that healthier lifestyle? The NHS, Public Health England, OneYou, American Public Health Association and many more health agencies draw on behaviour change theory to create campaigns that are all designed to encourage long term health goals. In fact, I would argue that behaviour change theory is the underpinning evidence behind EVERY major health campaign, public and private. From weight loss programmes to smoking clinics, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE THEORY underpins them all. In BEYOND YOUR RESOLUTIONS, I have, as a former lecturer within the NHS on behaviour change, taken this behaviour change theory and explored it with you. Applying it to my own health journey, my aim is to show you this underpinning theory. Why? Because I firmly believe that if you have a grasp of the theory, that is, if you understand why we make changes, you will be far more empowered to use that to your strength and reach your health goals. The feedback I have had from lecturing this theory to Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Health Visitors, Health care Assistants and many others is that the knowledge of behaviour change has empowered them to not only support others with their health journey, but has also made a significant improvement to their own health too. So, are you ready to go Beyond Your Resolutions? Are you ready to take the knowledge of behaviour change theory and apply it to your own health journey? If you are, then read on!* In addition, I have now set up a Facebook page (search beyond your resolutions) where I offer free health tips and challenges such as 10 minute workouts. Check it out!