Mayo Clinic on Nutrition What Makes a Habit Stick?
Mar 24, 2026
Jenn Trepeck, health coach and author who helps clients build sustainable habits, reduce decision fatigue and create flexible routines. She discusses why habits matter for health. Short routines like stacking and reminders. The role of coaching and realistic timelines. Flexibility over perfection and simple tools to keep habits going.
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Use Coaching To Turn Knowledge Into Action
- Do use a coach as an accountability partner to translate knowledge into workable plans.
- Jenn Trepeck meets clients weekly for 12 weeks to co-design small, specific steps like grocery decisions and weekly veggie plans.
Habits Save Brain Power For Hard Decisions
- Insight: Habits reduce decision fatigue by shifting repeated choices into automatic routines.
- Jenn explains that using willpower upstream to create routines preserves mental energy for high-stakes decisions later in the day.
Prioritize Sleep Stress And Connection
- Do prioritise sleep, stress management, community, movement, hydration, and fuel as core habits.
- Jenn calls sleep the ultimate biohack and highlights social connection as a longevity factor often overlooked by clients.
