Coaching practices for Reframe Temptation

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• The temptation is right there every single day
• The same urge gets me every time
• When I’m trying to resist something I keep it right in front of me and stare it down, telling myself "just don’t"
• I keep trying to white-knuckle my way past the same temptations sitting right in front of me, losing more often than I win
• I’ve held this change for a while and feel good about it overall, but there are specific moments

Practices that may help

1. Engineer the temptation out of reach
   Don’t out-wait the temptation — arrange your environment so the choice rarely arises.
   Delayed Gratification, Made Practical
2. Write an if–then plan for your most predictable temptation
   "If I feel the urge to [temptation], then I will [alternative action] instead."
   If–Then Planning, Made Practical
3. Redirect attention away from the reward
   You do not resist the temptation by staring at it — you win by looking elsewhere.
   Delayed Gratification, Made Practical
4. Remove temptations from the environment rather than resisting them
   People with good self-control succeed by avoiding temptation, not by resisting it.
   Self-Regulation Failure and Ego Depletion
5. Track your temptation-to-confidence ratio
   Confidence in your ability to resist temptation must outpace the pull of the old behavior.
   The Transtheoretical Model of Change, Made Practical
6. Remove the option entirely
   Delete the temptation from your environment so resisting it is never required.
   Precommitment Devices (Ulysses Contracts)
7. Arm an if-then plan for the impulsive moment
   Decide in advance exactly what you’ll do when the urge hits, so the impulse meets a plan.
   Delayed Gratification, Made Practical
8. Reduce the demand on willpower through environment design
   The most reliably self-disciplined people resist temptation less — they encounter it less.
   The Willpower Instinct: What Self-Control Actually Is
9. Temptation bundling
   Allow yourself a wanted indulgence only while doing the behavior you avoid.
   Reward Substitution
10. Meet the urge without judging yourself
    Treat having an urge as normal and human, not as evidence of weakness.
    Urge Surfing: Riding the Wave of a Craving

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