| If you ask any of your friends to list three of their bad | | | | new good habit is the most powerful method to break |
| habits, they would probably tell you more than ten. All | | | | a bad habit. A life altering or improving change requires |
| of us have habits and they decide what kind of people | | | | a good support system. Placing yourself in the right |
| we are. We all know the stress caused by bad habits | | | | place at the right time can really enhance the quality of |
| in our life. However, we find it difficult to break the | | | | your life. On the other hand, if your environment feeds |
| habit. Fear of success can spoil the attempts to | | | | your habit, you cannot give it up easily. You can try to |
| change. Nevertheless, following the powerful methods | | | | isolate yourself from people who have the same |
| suggested by habit changing therapists and clinical | | | | habits. |
| psychologists can help to break the habits and to | | | | 4. Write down your goals: |
| improve your quality of your life. | | | | It is worth to write down your goals clearly on a piece |
| 1. Raising your awareness: | | | | of paper. You can stick it in visible places, like on the |
| The most powerful method to breaking bad habits is | | | | fridge or on the bedroom door. Seeing it day after day |
| to realize that the habit is bad. You need to raise your | | | | helps you to give up a bad habit. |
| awareness to give up your habits. A Clinical | | | | 5.Seek the help of others: |
| psychologist observed people who joined weight loss | | | | If you find it hard to break your habit, you need to seek |
| programs, but failed to lose weight. They complain that | | | | the help of others who are willing to help you and have |
| they ate very little, but could not lose weight and they | | | | the power to make you give up your habit. For |
| came to the conclusion that the reason for their failure | | | | instance, you can ask your friend to pinch you, |
| was genetic. When the psychologists recorded their | | | | whenever he sees you smoking. |
| eating habits, they ate twice as much as they claimed. | | | | 6. Relaxation methods: |
| They did not have awareness of their habit and a lack | | | | You may find it difficult to combat the urges, on your |
| of consciousness perpetuates their habits. | | | | effort to break habit. It is therefore advisable to learn |
| 2. Find a substitute: | | | | some relaxation methods. Breathing slowly and |
| You can easily break a habit by replacing it with a new | | | | rhythmically can help to release the tension. You can |
| habit. Instead of simply deciding to stop eating junk | | | | also try Pranayama or meditation techniques to cope |
| foods, you can plan to eat fresh fruits and salads. | | | | up with the stress of giving up a habit. |
| Using substitutes for breaking habits is the right method | | | | Breaking bad habits requires a strong support network, |
| that can offer long-lasting results. | | | | and the right resources. You need to put your mind |
| 3. Changing the environment: | | | | and body in the proper space in order to be |
| Most of the habit changing therapists believe that | | | | successful. |
| placing yourself in an environment that promotes your | | | | |