Insights from the addiction field

1. Understanding and working with resistance
2. Addiction refers to stuck patterns of behavior

3. Are we addicted to "fast food?" To processed food?

4. If we name it, we can change it (recognize the problem)

Stages of Change

1. Become aware-think about the issue (Pre-contemplation)

2. Listen to each person voice their concerns and resistances: create spaces for people to be heard

3. Think of recovery as a journey of internal and external steps

4. Accept where peole are; support change; offer empathy

"Stages of change model" from The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins