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John Norcross

Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Scranton and clinical psychologist, internationally known for his research on behavior change and New Year's resolutions and author of Changeology.

Jan 1, 2026

27:44
That is a good
27:44
way.
27:45
And this is part of the pioneering research of my long-term colleagues, Drs.
27:50
Jim Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente on the stages of change.
27:54
It began largely on addicted disorders about 40 years ago, and we've just been pursuing it in self-change and behavior change and population health for the last 40 years.
28:06
So it quickly goes like this.
28:08
There's a time at which we don't think we have a problem.

12 MINS LATER

40:07
And so what's most important in this phase? There's three

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