The Habit Coach Professionals

Understanding the problem is the first  half of the battle. The second half is crafting an efficient and effective solution. Our proprietary tool The Habit Coach Canvas is where science meets strategy, helping you turn client insights into actionable behavior change experiments. Here’s how we do it: 📌 Define the Key Behavior - What specifically will your client do? 📍 Set When, Where, & After What - When will the Key Behavior happen in their daily routine? 🎯 Identify the Domino Action - What’s the first micro-action of the Key Behavior? 📈 Use the Habit Coach Checklist to optimize for success: ✔ Ensure Activation - Are reminders and cues in place? ✔ Boost Ability - Is it easy and friction-free? ✔ Make it Rewarding - Does it feel enjoyable to do? ✔ Support Repetition - Is their environment helping or hindering progress? 📉 Track & Tweak - Decide what data will be measured and make adjustments based on it. #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #HabitDesign

Ever had a client struggle to follow through on a goal, despite being motivated? Often, motivation isn’t the issue—hidden barriers are. The Behavioral Assessment helps uncover the real obstacles stopping your clients from making progress. Here’s how it works: 💥 Activation - What cues trigger (or fail to trigger) action? 🤔 Behavior Familiarity - Have they done this before? What’s their history with it? 💪 Actual & Perceived Ability - Do they have the resources to succeed? Do they believe they can succeed? 🌍 Environmental Factors - Does their environment support or hinder change? 🎭 Experience - Do they enjoy or dread the behavior? ⏳ Time & Planning - Do they struggle with scheduling or consistency? 🚧 Evaluate Barriers - What’s really holding them back? Example: Mike says he “doesn’t have time to meal prep.” But after a BA, we discover the real issue: he feels overwhelmed by the process and lacks confidence in his cooking skills. The problem isn’t time—it’s actual ability and self-efficacy. A great coach seeks to understand the problem before prescribing a solution. Using our proprietary Behavioral Assessment tool helps to pinpoint the real issue before diving into solutions! #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #BehavioralAssessment

Meet Certified Habit Coach Professional Shelley-Ann Edwards-Barran! Shelley-Ann is a Gratitude Guide and Habit Coach who works with professionals ready to prioritize their goals and unleash their potential. Through the implementation of The Gratitude Strategy, she helps her clients develop the habits they need to achieve success. Active gratitude is the keystone habit for enjoying life! Want to learn more about Shelley-Ann, her coaching practice, or her experience in the HCP Level 1 Mentorship & Certification Program? Shoot her a DM! And if you’re looking to become a Certified Habit Coach Professional just like Shelley-Ann, you can start now with our Certification On-Demand and upgrade at any time to join the next cohort for our Mentorship Program. Head to the link in the first comment below to learn more and sign up today! #HabitCoachPro #HabitCoach #HabitCoaching #HabitPro #HealthyHabits #Habits #Coach

🚀 BIG NEWS: HCP LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATION—NOW ON DEMAND! 🚀 For the first time ever, you can become a Certified Habit Coach Professional on your own schedule! No need to wait until our next cohort anymore. Start your journey towards becoming a Certified Habit Coach Profesional Today! You'll get access to: 👉🏼 176-Page Course E-Book 👉🏼 30+ Fun Interactive HaBit Lessons 👉🏼 13+ Habit Coaching Strategies 👉🏼 The Habit Coach Toolkit (3 proprietary tools) 👉🏼 Upgrade to Mentorship Anytime Master behavioral science, transform your personal and professional life, and help clients finally create behavior change that lasts—all on your own schedule! Start today & take your coaching to the next level! #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #BehaviorChange

Imagine setting sail across the ocean without a compass. That’s what coaching feels like when we don’t clarify a client’s true goal before diving into strategies. We might help them take action, but how do we know if they are heading in the right direction? 🧭 Enter the Habit Coach Compass – a simple framework to ensure you and your client set the right direction from the start: ✔ Desired Outcome - What measurable change does your client want? ✔ WHY - What deeper motivation drives your client? ✔ Behavior Ideation - What actions could help your client achieve their goal? ✔ Behavior Selection - Which action is the best fit based on ease, enjoyability, and effectiveness? ✔ Key Behavior - Which one of those actions is best to start focusing on now? Coaching Example: Stacey wants to “start hitting the gym.” Instead of jumping straight into programming, we first explore her desired outcome (feel more energetic), her why (be a more active parent), and brainstorm options (gym, hiking, home workouts, etc.) before selecting the best fit for her current lifestyle. Set the right course, and success will follow! #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #BehaviorChange

Why do people say they want something… but often don’t act accordingly? Enter Cognitive Dissonance – the psychological stress we feel when our actions don’t match our identity. Example: 🧍John says, “I’m a fit person.” 📆 But when he checks his workout log, he realizes he’s only been to the gym once this month. At this point, John has three options: 1️⃣ Change his behavior → Start going to the gym consistently. 2️⃣ Change his belief → Admit that fitness is not a priority right now. 3️⃣ Make excuses → Blame work stress, the weather, etc. Coaching Tip: Help clients recognize dissonance and choose Option 1—aligning their behavior with the person they want to be. Have you ever caught yourself in cognitive dissonance? I’d love to hear about your experience! #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #CognitiveDissonance

The key to long-term success! Outcomes are what you get. Processes are what you do. Identity is what you believe. Most people try to change habits by focusing on outcomes: 🚫 “I want to lose weight.” 🚫 “I want to eat healthier.” But real, lasting change comes from identity-based habits: ✅ “I am a healthy person.” ✅ “I am someone who takes care of my body.” Coaching Shift: The person who says, "I’m trying to quit sugar,” still identifies as someone who eats sugar. But the person who says, "I don’t eat processed sugar," has already shifted their identity. Help clients focus on who they are becoming rather than just what they want to achieve. What’s an identity shift that helped you create lasting change? #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #Identity

21 days? 66 days? 257 days? The truth is, it's not about time—it’s about reps! “Neurons that fire together, wire together.” The more you repeat an action, the faster and stronger a habit will form. Coaching Tip: Want clients to form habits faster? Increase the number of reps. 👉🏼 A habit done daily forms faster than one done weekly. 👉🏼 The more repetitions in the same context, the quicker it becomes automatic. Think of brushing your teeth—it didn’t take 21 days, it took twice a day for years. How long did it take you to build a recent habit you were working on? #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #BehaviorChange

The people with the strongest willpower use it the least! Instead of constantly fighting temptations, they design their environments to make good decisions just their automatic default actions. For example: ✅ Gainsy – Removes junk food from her home so she doesn’t have to “resist” it. ❌ Failsy – Keeps snacks around and tries to “be strong.” ✅ Gainsy – Sets her workout clothes next to her bed to make morning workouts easier. ❌ Failsy – Waits until she “feels motivated” to hit the gym. Coaching Shift: Instead of telling clients to “try better next time,” help them design an environment that removes friction for good habits and increases friction for bad ones. What’s one way you “outsource” willpower? #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #Willpower

Want to build better habits? Stop relying on willpower—change your environment instead. Behavior = Person + Situation (Lewin’s Equation) Same person, different situation = different behavior. For example: You crave popcorn at the movies, but not at home watching Netflix. You reach for a candy bar at checkout but wouldn’t go out of your way to buy one otherwise. Your environment shapes your habits more than you think! If you want clients to build lasting habits, help them: ✔ Pair new habits with stable contexts (e.g., drinking water every morning after brushing teeth). ✔ Remove bad activators (e.g., keeping junk food out of sight). ✔ Make good behaviors the default (e.g., pre-prepping meals every Sunday evening so they’re easy to grab throughout the week). What’s one way you’ve adjusted your environment to support a habit? #HabitCoaching #AppliedBehavioralScience #ContextIsKing