Changing to Thrive: Using the Stages of Change to Overcome the Top Threats to Your Health and Happiness

In dysfunctional families ( whose isn’t), we are often teased and punished for having an idea and not immediately reaching that goal. Same with many new thought manifestation philosophies. This book looks at change in stages, explaining a more holistic process, that opens the way for greater self acceptance and self compassion. I am grateful for the authors wisdom and insight into human nature.

Excellent book. Names the stages of change. Useful for my coaching people to vibrant aging health.

Want to make positive change in your life? Here’s how to get from thinking about it to accomplishing your goal. Learn about the stages of change and how to work with them to move forward.

This book is important to me as a resource for the training I do with social service staff in Motivational Interviewing. I checked it out from the library first, but then decided I needed my own copy. The authors' work is at the foundation of all the training I have received and deliver on the subject, and it's great to get their current take on this important and changing field of understanding. Also, the book has pragmatic applications that can serve as tools for positive change in many situations.

This book is a great starting point for individuals who are serious about making change, but need support and guidance to keep them on track during the process. There are many obstacles to being successful in our goals to make changes in our lives. Changing to Thrive sets out, in a workbook style, to help people gauge their readiness to change and helps them to see the challenges that might derail the change process. This is an excellent and practical guide.

I received this book without any damages.

I work as a Drug and alcohol counselor and this book is one I've now recommend to several clients. It's a wonderfully structured, highly applicable piece.

I bought this book because I am already taking action to improve my eating habits and lose weight. I wanted to know how to develop lasting habits to support the changes I want to make. Instead, this book, obviously designed for clinicians, makes you wade through chapters about how to motivate people who are not yet motivated to change, which is irrelevant to me. Then it makes you go through chapters about making changes to quit smoking and quit drinking, etc., all of which were not my problem. The amount of information about making positive changes for weight loss was minimal, and what was there was based on out of date ideas like "minimizing" fast food and cookies and cutting calories by 500 per day.

It explains so much I had struggled with working on myself and with clients, friends and family, to change habits. It explains why we are great and disciplined with some areas of our life and other areas failure. If you are struggling with weight, alcohol, or any bad habits, this will show you how to change naturally and without any threats of having to take 'massive action' or anything like that. Why they don't get more press attention, why it isn't used by more of the medical profession is not a mystery, but a terrible shame for anyone who isn't thriving and loving life.