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title: Sustainable Behavioral Change - Real Balance Certified Health and Wellness Coach Training
description: Get certified as a health and wellness coach with Real Balance. Comprehensive training and certification designed for wellness and healthcare professionals.
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# Sustainable Behavioral Change

## [“Coaching for a Lifetime of Wellness: Five Keys to Sustainable Behavioral Change”](https://realbalance.com/coaching-for-a-lifetime-of-wellness-five-keys-to-sustainable-behavioral-change)

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**The theme of the 41st Annual National Wellness Conference was *“Spotlight On Sustainability”*.** While we often think about sustainability and our environmental practices, as a wellness coach and psychologist I immediately thought of **sustainable behavioral change**. As I prepared for my presentation on this topic my research revealed that **we actually know very little about how effective our**…

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## [Making Resolutions Means You Are Contemplating, Now, to Maintain Them!](https://realbalance.com/resolutions-and-coaching)

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Our common belief is that resolutions made at the beginning of the New Year usually fail, so why make them?  As James Prochaska was fond of saying, ***intending to change and changing are not the same thing***.  Yet isn’t setting good intentions a good thing?



 



**Setting Intentions**



Setting intentions means you are considering a change.  You…

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