Coaching practices for Why Am I Not Changing
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I genuinely want to make this change and I keep not doing it, and it’s not laziness
- I keep trying to change by sheer willpower while spending all my time around people who pull me right back to my old normal
- I’ve been showing up faithfully for weeks and the needle just won’t move
- I’ve thrown so much at this change and it still won’t stick, and I honestly can’t tell whether the real problem is that I don’t want it enough, don’t know how, or my whole setup makes it impossible
- I can hold a change together when things are calm, but the moment real stress hits, this voice says "who am I kidding, I’ll never actually change," and one slip becomes proof
Practices that may help
- Map your immunity to change
Find the hidden competing commitments that are holding a desired change in place.
Kegan’s Subject-Object Theory, Made Practical - Engineer your proximity (peer group)
“Who you spend time with is who you become” — treat your environment as a force, not a backdrop.
Tony Robbins’ Core Practices - Push through the plateau
Keep going through the flat stretch where effort seems to produce nothing.
The Compound Effect, Made Practical - Diagnose before you prescribe with COM-B
Before picking a strategy, identify which of Capability, Opportunity, or Motivation is the bottleneck.
The COM-B Model and Behavior Change Wheel - Cultivate genuine belief that change is possible
Habits stick permanently only when the person believes they can change — especially under stress.
The Habit Loop, Made Practical - Evoke change talk instead of supplying it
Ask questions that lead the person to voice their own reasons for changing.
Motivational Interviewing, Made Practical - Work through a decisional balance in the contemplation stage
List the honest pros and cons of changing — and of not changing — to unlock stuck ambivalence.
The Transtheoretical Model of Change, Made Practical - Use belief and community to make change stick
A supportive group and a belief that change is possible help new habits survive stress.
The Power of Habit, Made Practical - Understanding trait change — what shifts and what does not
Big Five traits are relatively stable in rank order but do change in absolute level — especially with deliberate practice and major life transitions.
The Big Five Personality Model - Practice self-reevaluation to build a new self-image
Imagine how you will think and feel about yourself once you have changed — and how you’ll feel if you don’t.
The Transtheoretical Model of Change, Made Practical
Related concerns
- When Motivational Interviewing The Readiness Ruler
Ask “On a 0–10 scale, how ready are you?” — then ask why not lower.
Scale importance and confidence with the readiness ruler
- Why I Can T Change
Find the hidden competing commitments that are holding a desired change in place.
Map your immunity to change
- When The Power Of Habit Belief And Community
A supportive group and a belief that change is possible help new habits survive stress.
Use belief and community to make change stick
- Willingness To Change
Ask “On a 0–10 scale, how ready are you?” — then ask why not lower.
- Am I Ready To Change
Ask “On a 0–10 scale, how ready are you?” — then ask why not lower.
- Identifying Barriers To Change
Before picking a strategy, identify which of Capability, Opportunity, or Motivation is the bottleneck.
Diagnose before you prescribe with COM-B
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