Michelle Segar: podcast appearances and interviews

Michelle L. Segar is an American behavioral sustainability scientist, author, and speaker with a focus on motivating self-care behaviors such as exercise, sleep, and eating. Her research explores how to foster autonomous and lasting motivation by integrating concepts from marketing, persuasion, executive functioning, learning, goal pursuit, positive psychology, organizational change, behavioral economics, and socialization. Her work seeks to understand and influence the unconscious factors that affect daily decision making related to health, fitness, and well-being. Segar has authored two books: No Sweat, which discusses the science behind sustainable exercise motivation, and The Joy Choice, which offers insights into breaking down all-or-nothing thinking and encouraging in-the-moment decisions that support health and self-care. Her approach emphasizes practical strategies for cultivating motivation and making sustainable lifestyle changes.