Journal for Hales/Christian's An Invitation to Personal Change

JOURNAL FOR AN INVITATION TO PERSONAL CHANGE is part of a unique three-part resource that can be used in a wide range of courses, including health and wellness, fitness, nutrition, health psychology, and college success. Unlike any other textbook, supplement, or manual, it not only talks about personal change, but based on decades of psychological research and clinical practice, it also serves as a curriculum for change, inviting you to take appropriate action in simple, compelling straightforward ways. Meant to be used in conjunction with An Invitation to Personal Change and Labs for Invitation to Personal Change, the Journal guides you through the process of making behavioral changes and helps you reflect on your goals and motivations.

Part I: THE NEW SCIENCE OF PERSONAL CHANGE. 1. Directing Change. 2. Personal Change 101. 3. The Story of You. Part II: THE POWER TOOLS OF PERSONAL CHANGE. Introduction. 1. Your Personal GPS. 2. A Call for Order. 3. Time Control. 4. Learning the Language of Change. 5. Going for Your Goals. 6. Power Journaling. 7. Making Yourself Lucky. 8. Reaching Out. 9. Shock Absorption. Labs for INVITATION TO PERSONAL CHANGE Introduction. Lab 1: Choosing to Change, Choosing a Change. Lab 2: The Grateful Thread. Lab 3: Soul Food. Lab 4: Your Personal Balance Point. Lab 5: Defusing Test Stress. Lab 6: Rx: Relax. Lab 7: Do It Now. Lab 8: Your Psychological Self-Care Pyramid. Lab 9: Help Yourself. Lab 10: Excise Exercise Excuses. Lab 11: Mind over Platter. Lab 12: Thinking Thinner. Lab 13: Listen Up. Lab 14: What's Your Intimacy Quotient? Lab 15: To Have or Have Not. Lab 16: Don't Go There. Lab 17: Your Alcohol Audit. Lab 18: Butt Out. Lab 19: Taming a Toxic Temper. Lab 20: Sleep Power. Lab 21: The Seduction of Safer Sex. Lab 22: Health Assurance. Lab 23: Your Guardian Angel. Lab 24: OurSpace. Lab 25: Finity.