episode 16: Creating Change In Your Life
Back in the late 1970s, two researchers developed a model for evaluating those suffering through addiction in their journey toward health. The Transtheoretical Model, or more colloquially, Prochaska’s Stages of Change, went on to help social workers and therapists treat those suffering with transformational diagnoses for decades. As it turns out, the Stages of Change model works pretty well for us, too, as we think about our relationship to ADHD.
This week on the show, Nikki introduces the Stages of Change with an eye on ADHD, and how you can use it to train yourself to better adapt to the world around you.
Links & Notes
- Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward by James Prochaska
- (00:00) - Welcome to The ADHD Podcast
- (03:20) - Support the Show - Become a Patron!
- (04:27) - The Steps to Change
- (10:15) - The Five Stages
- (10:46) - Stage 1: Precontemplation
- (12:26) - Stage 2: Contemplation
- (16:01) - Stage 3: Preparation
- (19:47) - Stage 4: Action
- (23:41) - Relapse
- (27:11) - Pay Yourself First
- (33:11) - Stage 5: Maintenance