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The Problem With Today’s “Mindset Coaches” awareness behavior change brain science breaking habits change cognitive behavioral therapy growth mindset mindset mindset coach mindset research Jul 15, 2022

 

I spent nearly five years researching mindset and health behavior change.

It’s been really cool to see the psychological side of fitness coaching become more popular and rival the importance of nutritional science, physiology, and how to program progressive overload.

But because of...

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Healthy Snacks to Eat While Travelling food mindset travelling Sep 10, 2021

Hey! It’s coach Laney here!

With more people travelling again, I thought I’d come here and chat with you about snacking at the airport and on your vacation. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love to indulge on vacation, but I also enjoy having healthy options to fuel my body for long...

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Your Mindset Affects Your Exercise Habits behavior change brain science change evidence based exercise exercise behaviors fitness mindset goal achievement growth mindset habits mindset mindset coach mindset research mindset shift motivation psychology research research Jul 25, 2021

Subtle citation flex coming at ya! You all know that I love sharing the science of healthy living with you, and today, I realized that while I share a lot of studies from other researchers, I rarely share my own. 

In 2018 I conducted research which was published in the Journal of Sport and...

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Best Ways to Track Your Fitness Progress behavior change exercise behaviors fitness mindset goals lifestyle change mindset mindset shift success weight loss Jul 18, 2021

People’s opinions on weighing themselves are all over the place these days. 

Some say you have to weigh yourself daily (you don’t). Others are saying to ditch the scale altogether (you don’t have to do that either). 

We’re here to tell you that it is possible to...

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6 Steps to Breaking Bad Habits breaking habits growth mindset habits mindset Jun 13, 2021

6 Steps to Breaking Bad Habits

Do you have a health and fitness goal?

If yes - then you have a more important goal:

Form habitual behaviours that help you and ditch the bad habits that are holding you back — whether you want to believe it or not they 100% are standing in the way of reaching...

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How Much You Exercise Depends on Your Mindset exercise behaviors fitness mindset growth mindset identity mindset mindset research self efficacy value May 25, 2020

Casual research citation flex

Realized today that I share a lot of studies from other researchers… but never my own lol

This was a study I conducted in 2018 and was published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology in 2019

Without training in how to interpret statistics or read...

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Restriction as a Tool for Growth growth mindset mindset momentary restriction restriction May 22, 2020

How to Use Restriction to Help You Achieve Your Goals

 

At KJO Coaching, we're all about flexibility, sustainability, education, and NOT restriction. But I also believe there’s a time and place for something that I call “momentary restriction.”

Momentary restriction is a...

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The Key to Lasting Behavior Change behavior change brain science mindset neocortex prefrontal cortex process purpose May 21, 2020

When I, Coach Kasey, tell people I got a Ph.D. in mindset and health behavior change, it sounds made up.

The terms mindset and behavior change feel very abstract and floaty. 

Science is the opposite. Science is concrete and logical. 

But there’s a science to this floaty stuff, and...

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The Formula for a Healthy Lifestyle Change behavior change exercise food mindfulness mindset training values May 14, 2020

You’ve decided that you want to make a lifestyle change. Yay! We’re excited for you! 

Now, what does that lifestyle change look like?

Your approach might be too much, too soon

Did you say that you’ll eat veggies every day, drink enough water, and work out five times a week?...

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The Dark Side of Growth Mindset behavior change growth mindset igtv mindset mindset research psychology responsibility self-compassion video Apr 12, 2020

WATCH THE IGTV VIDEO HERE.

If you’ve been following the KJO Coaching blog for a while, you know that we’re all about embracing a growth mindset

Chances are, you’ve *heard* of a growth mindset before—but did you know there’s an actual science to it? I, Kasey,...

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End the Binge and Restrict Cycle awareness calorie restriction dieting dieting research failure fixed mindset indulgence mindful mindset psychology restriction self awareness self compassion self control what the hell effect Apr 10, 2020

 

Please note: the word "binge" in this blog post is in reference to "overeating" and not clinical binge eating or binge eating disorder. Please see THIS POST for further clarification between the two.

 

You have a health and fitness goal that you’re trying to achieve, but you...

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Mindset Shifts to Harness Stress and Increase Success anxiety health mindset mindset shift stress stress mindset Mar 24, 2020

Do you want to be good at stress?

You might be thinking, “Be good at it?? Stress is bad!

To be honest, that way of thinking is a shitty stress mindset, and that could very well be why stress sucks for you.

Sometimes in life, it feels like everything is uncontrollable, and many things...

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