Today our Accountability Coach Q+A is with Becky Brown. Becky went through our coach certification in 2021 and has been coaching for AW for the last two years. She is a graduate of Duke’s Health Coach Professional Training program and holds a Lifestyle Medicine Coach...

I’ve been thinking about sustaining habits over the long haul as I notice some of the things I started working on in January are beginning to take root now that it is March. I’m of the opinion that a habit is a habit until you stop doing it consistently. So how do we...

When Marissa and I were doing our first round of visioning and business planning as partners we did a deep dive into our WHY. Why does Accountability Works exist? Then asking, why do we want to do this work? As partners and individually. And so on. It was insightful...

You’ve decided what you want. Maybe you've gone all in by hiring an accountability coach. And you've been diligently working towards it. That in and of itself is huge. For a while the pleasure and the self-confidence that that inspires is enough to sustain you. But...

Here is how I arrived at planning ahead. As an accountability coach, I quickly realized you can’t successfully decide what you are going to get done without a clear idea of what you are already committed to. If you aren't planning ahead for your most important...

The intention-behavior gap is when your current actions don’t align with your past intentions. As accountability coaches, we view this gap as resistance. When the gap is large, resistance is high, when the gap is small resistance is low. Accountability serves to pull...

You set goals for the year. You are excited and suddenly that first challenge shows up. Here are 3 mindset shifts that will help you pull through and keep going. 1. Value the process The biggest challenge with goals is the number of times you have to choose to follow...

I always appreciate the quiet time after the holidays have passed, but before we are ready to dive back into our regular routine. This is when I like to do my personal planning ritual. Pulling Cards I get out my planner, which I can't crack open early for some reason,...