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example, regular exercise can help improve group, you can help motivate each other and
brain function and control anxiety, you’re hold each other accountable: “I’ll tell you
more likely to take that to heart. (You’re also what, I’ll drive you to the doctor’s office and
more likely to notice the benefits, because wait for you in the lobby. When you’re done,
you know what you’re looking for.) So, be we can go shopping.”
your own most convincing, most motivating
source of information. 5. Use the long haul to your advantage. Do you
ever have that dream where you sleep through
3. Don’t try to do it all right now. When you the final exam and fail the class? Fortunately,
decide to make a change, it’s easy to want to your health isn’t like that. If you skip your
take on all of your bad habits at once. But that workout today, or watch a movie instead of
can end up overloading the system. Instead, getting your flu shot, or put off scheduling
pick one or two issues and start making your colonoscopy, that’s OK. Unlike that
progress on them. When those new habits are final exam, you can make the situation right
engrained, move on to the next issue. tomorrow (or even later today!).

4. Find a buddy. All of us can be masters at There you go: a handful of tips to help you get
rationalization: “I know I should go in for my in that prevention mindset. Now go out there and
wellness exam, but I’m crazy busy at work. make future you proud.
Things will settle down in January. I’ll go
then.” Will you, though? Maybe. Or maybe
you’ll find another excuse (“I need to shed a For more information contact Tara Zika, Kairos Health
few holiday pounds before I go in.”) If you Arizona, Inc., at: tara.zika@kairoshealthaz.org or
align yourself with a partner, or even better, a (602) 845-6158.

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