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Woohoo! You’ve set up RELAXATION Sparks! And, in about 20 minutes, you’ll get a text & email with your Welcome Spark.

Your Relaxation Sparks will come automatically every few days. You can stop your Sparks at anytime by replying to our text with the word “stop.”

  • 👟 In 2 days we’ll invite you back to set up Sparks to help you exercise.
  • 🥕 Then you can set up Food Sparks designed to make it easier to eat healthfully!

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    [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Or, if you want to learn more about some of the studies we’ve woven into MotiSpark, check out below. These studies help explain why Sparks are so good at triggering desired behaviors (exercise, healthy eating, relaxation.)

    We’re also inspired by Nudge Theory and GTD,  themselves the result of synthesizing tons of studies into cohesive delicious books.

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    SHORT VIDEOS SUBCONSCIOUSLY FIX APPETITE

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    Oxford Published Trial Report:Short visual sequences trigger healthier eating choices.


    WATCHING CAT VIDEOS CALMS PEOPLE

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    PERSONALIZED IMAGES = POWER

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    People who look at a personal photo of their goals save more money.  And, seeingaged photo of self powers future-oriented savings.


    COMPUTER-BASED MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWS CAN WORK

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    College students drank less after answering open-ended app-based motivational interview questions.


    MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO

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    Watching an avatar of yourselfexercise and choose healthy foods makes you do more of the same in the real world.


    IMAGINATION IS CRAZY POWERFUL

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    You can increase your muscle mass by 13.5% through imaginary workouts alone.

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    PERSONALIZED VIDEOS CAN TRIGGER LIFE-CHANGING AHA MOMENT

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    Personalized simulated video of a heart attack & repercussions on family results in significant long-term smoking cessation. 


    SIMPLE VISUAL PRACTICE QUICKLY CHANGES BEHAVIORS

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    To help alcoholics drink less, this game has them practice pushing away drinks.


    EMOTIONAL APPEAL TRIGGERS ACTION

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    Beautiful video that shows that to provoke action, wrap facts into a story. People donate more to stories of individual children.


    THE POWER FROM OF YEARS OF SPORTS RESEARCH

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    Sport psychologists successfully use a variety of cognitive practices like visualization, implicit priming & pre-loading.


    MOBILE BASED CBT IMPROVES OUTCOMES

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    Mobile based cognitive behavioral therapy apps improve outcomes. (*But, unfriendly/boring design has made them go unused.)


    EASY TO HACK FEELING THAT TRIGGERS HEALING

    Triggering a feeling of awe reduces harmful inflammation

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