Category: Today’s Will Power Moment

How to Strengthen Your Willpower Reserve Part 2: Find a Positive DistractionToday’s Will Power Moment – 32with Dr. James MeschinoIn the last couple of videos, I’ve explained how to strengthen your willpower reserve and why you should consider doing just that. Your willpower reserve describes the optimal mental and physiological state that enables your higher Read More

How to Strengthen Your Willpower Reserve: Part 1 of 4 Today’s Will Power Moment – 31with Dr. James MeschinoYou know most people in our society are not on track when it comes to achieving their long-term wellness goals. As a result, we have seen a significant increase in the impact of lifestyle diseases:ObesityType 2 DiabetesHigh Read More

How to Preserve Your Willpower from Day-to Day Today’s Will Power Moment – 30with Dr. James MeschinoAt some point, just about everyone sets wellness goals for themselves. They vow to lose weight, they swear off eating certain foods, purchase a gym membership to get in better shape, or buy home exercise equipment they plan to Read More

One More Way to Win The Battle of Impulse Control Today’s Will Power Moment – 29with Dr. James MeschinoHave you ever noticed that sometimes your “present” self wants one thing and “another part of you” wants something all together different. Or better stated this way: Your present self wants one thing, but your future self Read More

Where Does Willpower Come From? How to Best Access It? Today’s Will Power Moment – 28with Dr. James MeschinoEveryone struggles in some way with temptation, addiction, distraction and procrastination. These are not individual weaknesses that reveal our personal inadequacies, rather they are universal experiences and part of the human condition itself. Studies show that an Read More

Wellness Gets Easier with Time Today’s Will Power Moment – 27with Dr. James MeschinoIf you ask an ex-smoker if it was hard to quit smoking in the first 3 months, they will typically tell you that it was very hard and that it took tremendous willpower each day not to cave in to the temptation Read More

Scheduling Improves Exercise Compliance: How & Why Today’s Will Power Moment – 26with Dr. James MeschinoOne of the inescapable realities of modern life is that everything runs on a schedule. Schedules are a normal part of everyday life because they help keep us organized, productive and able to coordinate things with other people. We plan Read More

Set Big Wellness Goals to Create Excitement, But Not So Big That You’re OverwhelmedToday’s Will Power Moment – 25with Dr. James MeschinoToday I want to talk to you about one more key to setting wellness goals and succeeding with them. People like to do things that get them excited – and so it is with Read More

Owl or Lark?: What’s Your Body Rhythm and Personality Type?Today’s Will Power Moment – 24with Dr. James MeschinoOne of the biggest stumbling blocks in wellness success is getting enough exercise each week to meet the recommended standard. In fact, 80% of adults don’t meet the standard. So, what is the standard? The U.S. government recommends Read More

Wellness Choices: Easy or Hard? It’s how you frame it in your mind.Today’s Will Power Moment – 23with Dr. James MeschinoOver the years I have heard many patients tell me that it’s so hard to not to eat the following foods:CheesecakeFrench friesButter tartsDonutsSpareribsCream cheeseName your poison…Or it’s so hard to find the energy to exercise Read More