Lasting change depends far less on grit than on structure and trust (and a little self-forgiveness).  That’s why rituals work better than resolutions.  Here’s how to turn intentions into habits. . . .   Choose Ritual Over Resolutions: A New Way to Start the Year   Every January, many of us feel a familiar pressure to make bigger, better promises. Walk every day. Meditate every day. Eat better. Exercise more. Finally get disciplined. By mid-February, what we’re often carrying

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By Gayle Scroggs, Ph.D., P.C.C   A goal without a plan is just a wish.  ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery   Have you been putting off getting started on a goal that really matters to you?     As humorist Tim Urban observes in his viral TED talk , habitual procrastinators delay until confronted by the “panic monster”—that overwhelming dread that grows bigger as deadlines loom closer. However, he emphasizes, deadlines don’t figure into many of our most important aspirations, e.g., fin

By Eva Ross, Ed.D., and Gayle Scroggs, Ph.D. Originally published in the ABD Survival Guide. Ever feel like a fraud while working on your...