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In Conversation with Stuart Biddle PhD

I record all the audio for The Whole Health Life podcast from a desk that allows me to work standing up as well as sitting down. I do this because when I was writing my book last year, I learned that even doing the recommended amount of exercise each day may... Read full article »

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If-Then planning template

Your unthinking routines form the bedrock of what you do in everyday life. The more you repeat a behaviour with a consistent environmental cue, the more automatic the behaviour becomes. With repetition, the mental effort to initiate a new behaviour gets easier, and over time the action becomes second nature.... Read full article »

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Recommended Apps

Below is a list of apps I have used and recommend. Meditation Headpsace Calm Smiling Mind Emotions Tracking coming soon Fitness coming soon Habit Forming coming soon Read full article »

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In Conversation With Art Kramer

I have a little confession to make. Even though I’m a health journalist, and I’ve interviewed countless experts about why exercising is good and important and something we should do every day… I loathe it. Well that is to say, I used to loathe it. What really changed for me... Read full article »

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Reading List - Chapter 5: Movement

Psychology of physical activity: Determinants, well-being, and interventions (3rd Edition), by Stuart Biddle The positive benefits of physical activity for physical and mental health are now widely acknowledged, yet levels of physical inactivity continue to increase throughout the developed world. Understanding the psychology of physical activity has therefore become an important concern for... Read full article »