Understanding our Mind, Improving our Health

Dr. Natasha Beauvias
January 9, 2023

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Natasha Beauvais, award-winning Family Practice physician from Northern Virginia. Dr. Beauvais will discuss a novel approach to optimizing healthy behaviors through understanding our motivations and psychological barriers to change. Dr. Beauvais regularly employs this technique with her patients and employees to great effect. We will discuss ways that we can each improve our own health by taking a deeper dive into what lies beneath our daily choices.

Here is a simplified version of Dr. Beauvais’ talk.
Start with the following 4 columns:

  1. Name something you would like to get better at.
  • State the goal in the affirmative. It should be something that is your goal, not relying on others. Choose a goal that is important and meaningful to you.
  1. What are you doing or not doing that is getting in the way of this goal?
  2. What are you worried might happen if you change this behavior?
    In other words, if you reversed those things that are getting in the way, what might that feel like?
  • 3b. What do we then see as our competing commitment? What’s the outside motivator for the action?
  1. What is your “big assumption” about what might happen if you change this behavior?

Once you make it through the 4 columns, design a “tiny experiment” for yourself. Make sure it is a small change that feels reasonable to try for a few days. Take notes. What did you notice, what did you realize during this experiment?

After the few day experiment, re-evaluate your 4 columns. Do you want to change anything?


Recommended Books:

An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization By Dr. Robert Kegan, Dr. Lisa Laskow Lahey, Dr. Matthew L Miller, Dr. Andy Fleming, and Dr. Deborah Helsing.

Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization By Dr. Robert Kegan and Dr. Lisa Laskow Lahey

Right Weight, Right mind: the ITC Approach to Permanent Weight Loss By: Dr. Robert Kegan, Dr. Lisa Laskow Lahey, and Dr. Deborah Helsing.


Websites:
https://mindsatwork.com/
https://developmentalsprint.com/


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