How many times have you made New Year resolutions and then not kept them? Research has shown that long-term change is much more likely to happen if you a use a process. Use our proven 7-step process to achieve the change you want in your life in 2020.

We know that our individual behaviours have a substantial impact on the environment. Even if we express environmental concern and awareness, this does not always translate into behaviour. Learn our behaviour change process and make changes that will be reflected in our oceans and land for years to come.

Saving our planet is going to take a change in our behaviours but the scale of what we need to change can feel overwhelming. So where can you begin? Change, big or small, is more likely to be successful if you follow a process.

Most people want to do the right thing for the environment within their businesses. The challenge is that they’re just not sure how to do it. Putting behaviour change initiatives in place can help you meet your sustainability targets quickly and often at low cost. If you want to implement a sustainability behaviour change in your business or at your workplace read our advice for some tips to get you started.

Life often gets in the way of meeting our goals. Conflicting priorities, busy work lives or home lives, illness or any other number of reasons can give us cause to give up on whatever we are aiming for. A tool that you can use from your life toolbox is to have some ‘if-then plans’ up your sleeve to help you keep on track or get back into the groove.

One of the best gifts you can give to yourself is surrounding yourself with loving and kind people. According to the Psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman an “under utilised resource is friends”.

We have to make so many choices every day that often we make them on autopilot. Change Toolbox #2 introduces the concept of ‘nudging’ that you can use to your advantage to make it easier to make a desired choice and by increasing your motivation to make that choice.

In the first of our ‘change toolbox’ posts we are talking about how finding a role model can help us to get us on track, increase our motivation, reinforce our existing goals and help us to adopt new goals.

It’s the start of a new season and a new school year – a time to sharpen our pencils and begin again. What if you want something to change but feel like you are lacking the motivation – the will – to make that change happen? The secret to successful long-term change is to use a process to get you started and to keep you motivated along the way.

Autumn feels like a period of slowing down and a time to think and reflect on the year so far. After a busy summer it is easy to lose track of where I am in my life, so I’ve been doing a stock-take to clarify what areas I’ve been neglecting and what areas of my life I am not fully satisfied with. I explain the process I used to help me reflect on my life alongside the changing seasons.

Over the last few months we have shared several videos about how to change your life. We’ve pulled the top 6 most popular ones into one place on this post.

Change doesn’t always have to be big and dramatic. Sustained change can be quite difficult, even for simple behaviours. However, the good news is that research shows that following a process makes sustained change much more likely. Once you have a process for how to change you can apply it to anything you want – big or small – diet, exercise, spending habits, relationships, work life etc.

This post explains how I feel now I’ve changed my routine by following the 7-step process. So far I have achieved my wish and I feel that I have got back my desire to jump out of bed in the morning and start my day. Find out how you can use the same process to tailor your change to suit your needs.

Do you feel like you need a change of job or career? Sometimes knowing where to start changing your job or career can be overwhelming. The first step is to clarify your why! Clarifying the purpose of your change makes it more powerful and gives meaning to your actions.

We all have busy lives and it can be difficult to find time to take time out and have a break. However, when we do it can help us clarify who we are and what we might want to change. It’s also an opportunity to stimulate your senses. Learn some of our techniques that strengthen the opportunity to take time out for micro-time out moments.

Do you remember the excitement of the summer holidays when you were a child? Learn how to focus on how to get that ‘schools out’ feeling and make it last right through the holiday season.

Struggling to get out of bed in the morning? Try using this process for working out what needs to change in your life to get you up in the morning feeling refreshed and ready to start your day.

Do you ever just wish that there was some time that you could set aside just for you? Time out for yourself is not selfish – it’s important. Everyone deserves a little time out! Taking time out for yourself doesn’t need to involve an entire day but there are so many little moments that you can capture to yourself. Read out 6 top tips for making time for yourself.

Changing your life usually involves changing your behaviours. To change your behaviours, whether it’s a big change or a small change, you need to have 3 elements in place: Capability, Opportunity and Motivation. Find out which one you might need to work on to get the change you want in your life.

Life is a journey. We have all heard that phrase before - it’s a bit of a cliché but absolutely true. Find out how our journey led us to develop the Making Change Happen programme and how whales influenced our process.

When you are trying to change your life one of the most important steps to take is to monitor and measure your progress. All change should start with some form of monitoring as this automatically interrupts your behaviour patterns. Discover our top tips for monitoring change.

Do you ever sit with your friends and discuss ‘what can I do to change my weight, finances, relationship, health, teenagers? Whenever you are trying to make change happen in your life take actions that are appropriate and effective for you and don’t just try to copy what someone else is doing. Your life is unique and how you choose to change it needs to be unique to you too.

Getting teenagers to talk, especially when they are stressed can be challenging. We’ve listed some simple steps that you can do to help them work through it. You too could use these steps if you are feeling overwhelmed or stressed.

Research shows that change is more likely to be long-term if you consistently follow a process and you tailor the actions you take to suit your needs. Learn the 7-step process I used to crack the exercise enigma and made change happen in my life.

Many of us join a gym in the New Year with every intention of getting in shape. Then life happens – you need to work late, you feel too tired to go, a social engagement comes up. Before you know it, weeks have passed, and you haven’t crossed the gym floor once. You are not alone as about 80% of New Year resolutions fail by February. Luckily there are things you can do to get and stay motivated to maximise your investment in a gym membership.

When it comes to nutrition and health, most of us have a pretty good idea of what we should be doing – the challenge is actually doing it. We all know the advice about eat less and exercise more but why is that so difficult to put into practice and why do so many ‘diets’ fail? According to research the key is personalisation.

How many times have you made New Year resolutions and then not kept them? Research has shown that long-term change is much more likely to happen if you a use a process. Use our proven 7-step process to achieve the change you want in your life in 2019.

Christmas can be an exhausting and stressful time of year and it can be difficult to make time for yourself. Take a look at our suggestions for making ‘me time’ happen this Christmas.

Do you drink enough water every day? I know I didn’t, until I worked out how to change my behaviour using the lessons I learned from behavioural science. With that in mind we’ve compiled 10 useful and practical tips for drinking more water and staying hydrated.

Have you ever tried to change your spending habits to stick to a budget or spend less money? Well you are more likely to change things if you manage or monitor your behaviour because you are giving our attention to it.