In today's podcast, I have as my guest Tim Craft. Tim Craft is the Founder of High on Hope Ministries. Tim was a 12 year drug addict who God delivered in 2014. His mission is to bring Jesus Christ to the center of the drug addiction crisis. My interview with Tim will be in the second part of today's program.
Improving our lifestyle behaviors begins with assessing our habits: 1) Recognizing that the behavior is unhealthy and we can make changes. 2) Identify alternative behaviors for our unhealthy behaviors. 3) To be successful in changing our behaviors, we must be ready physically and mentally. 4) Consider why it is important for us to change. Powers, Dodd and Jackson explain once we have assessed our current behavior patterns, we can then focus on the barriers that may prevent us from changing our behavior. Powers, Dodd and Jackson continue to note there are four major barriers that contribute to this low level of exercise activity: 10 Lack of time. 2) Lack of social and environmental influences. 3) Inadequate resources. 4) Lack of motivation / commitment
We noted in our last podcast that 35% of people who make New Year's resolutions break them by the end of January.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2015 noted that nearly 70% of U.S. adult smokers want to quit.
Why do so many New Year's resolutions fail before Valentine's Day?
If you are interested in being more successful in changing your bad lifestyle behaviors then you will want to tune in on this podcast.