Coaching World Issue 17: February 2016 | Page 15

Changing Habits to Change Your Life: A Q & A with Gretchen Rubin Since authoring her 2009 bestseller, The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin has been leveraging research-based insights from diverse fields, such as history, the social sciences and neuroscience, to provide her audience with practical tools and tips for leading happier, healthier and more productive lives. In her latest book, Better Than Before— released in paperback late last year— Rubin explores the art and science of habit formation and provides actionable strategies for changing the bad habits that may be holding you back. In this interview, she describes how some of the clients and themselves. 15 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE > Coaching World help coaches better understand their Shutterstock.com/Ana D. principles and strategies she outlines can