By Anastasiya Goers

By contributor Susan Johnstone
Making the changes that will help us achieve a more balanced life often seems like a gamble – sometimes they stick and sometimes they don’t.

But is there a way to make sure that they’ll stick every time?

The answer is Yes, and No.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to make life changes so easy that they ALWAYS work the FIRST time.

But there IS a way to make sure they always stick EVENTUALLY and it requires these 3 essential ingredients.

1. Compassion

Really? Why would this be the first ingredient?

The reason is that most of what you fear about failing is actually your fear of how hard you’ll be on yourself and all the negative things you’ll say that it means... More...