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Unwritten Potential

Still thinking about it? That's the problem.

Published 29 days ago • 1 min read

Still thinking about it? That's the problem.

Two years of promising myself I’d have a dry month, then quietly giving up by day four..

Two years of waking up feeling like shit and swearing this time, for real, it was the last time. But then doing it again the following weekend.

I genuinely wanted to change.

But wanting to change and being ready to change are not the same thing.

And nobody ever told me that.

Then when I was training to be a health coach, I came across a framework that genuinely changed how I understand myself.

It’s called the Stages of Change, developed by researchers Prochaska and DiClemente.

They studied how people actually transform their lives. Not how the ‘wellness’ industry wishes we did. How we actually do.

And here’s what they found:

Change isn’t a switch you flip. It’s a process you move through. And most people have no idea where they actually are in that process.

Which also means that most people are using the wrong approach for where they’re at.

The One Question That Reveals If You’re Actually Ready to Change

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I write about designing your wellbeing with intention for a life you actually love. This is for high achievers and growth-oriented humans who are done with guru BS, toxic wellness, and the cult of hustle. My mission? Translate science into soul.

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Former Queen of Bad Habits and corporate go-getter turned Certified Health Coach, Wellbeing Designer and Podcaster.

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Unwritten Potential

by Noemie Mooney

⚡ Ex-corporate burnout turned Certified Health Coach. Every week I help 1500+ burned-out humans build sustainable habits using my MAKE SPACE Method™, a 7-step, subtraction-first framework for real, messy life. No toxic wellness. No hustle culture. No BS. ⚡️Let's goooo!

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