Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juan Carlos Medina, CFP, focuses on holistic financial wellness. I think we can all agree that change is not easy. There can be so ...

When someone asks you to change something about yourself, you can respond in a variety of different ways. Reactions can range from being angry and resistant to being interested and excited. Change is ...

The Stages of Change Management, also known as the Transtheoretical Model, is a framework originally developed to describe how people change their behavior. It has since been adapted for use in ...

Change isn’t easy, especially when it involves breaking habits. Anyone who has ever made a New Year’s resolution knows this ­all too well. What you may not know is that, according to research on ...

Connors, G.J., Donovan, D.M., DiClemente, C.C. (2001). Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change: Selecting and Planning Interventions. Guilford Press, New ...