Today's guest in this Encore episode focuses on behavior change. Dr. Allison Krupsky,

Ph.D., and clinical health psychologists specializing in weight management and eating

behaviors is the head of behavior change at Weight Watchers, referred to in this interview as

WW. She shares many of the behavior

change strategies she's used to drive real life behavior change for millions of people. Change can be

difficult, we all know this, especially when it's tied to deeply ingrained habits. And when it

comes to eating and weight management, it may

be even more complicated given the many factors that are influencing us.

Her thoughts on disrupting routine behaviors as a way to shift habits are fascinating.

You won't be surprised to know that she includes meditation in many of her workshops and meetings.

She also shared the top five behaviors

that help people reach their healthy weight goals. As always, we are Untangle, the podcast from

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Now on to Allison.

Allison, it's great to have you on Untangle today. Thanks for being here.

I'm so happy to be here. Thanks for having me.

So let's start with what was your inspiration to become a clinical health psychologist specializing in behavior change?

For most of my life growing up, I had always known that I liked helping people.

And that was something that just very

generally was part of my identity. And that's actually become something I talk with people a lot about,

whether it's in my clinical practice or in my current role at WW, which is that leaning into our strengths and leaning into who we are naturally

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