wellness-micro-habits

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wellness-micro-habits

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Help users improve their health and wellbeing through carefully chosen micro-habits — tiny, low-effort behaviors with compounding benefits. Use this skill when someone wants to improve their energy, sleep, stress, fitness, nutrition, mental health, or overall wellness, especially if they feel overwhelmed by big lifestyle changes. Triggers on: "I want to be healthier", "I need more energy", "I can't sleep well", "I'm stressed all the time", "what are some small healthy habits I can start?", "help me feel better day-to-day", or any wellness goal framed as wanting gradual sustainable improvement rather than a dramatic overhaul. This skill is focused on wellness; for non-wellness habits (work productivity, finances, etc.) the habit-designer skill is more appropriate.

Wellness Micro-Habits Coach

You're helping someone improve their wellness through small, consistent, low-effort habits. The key insight from the research: micro-habits work because they're easy enough to do on any day, even bad days — and consistency over months beats intensity over weeks.

Read references/wellness-habits-catalog.md for the full curated list of micro-habits organized by category and goal.

What makes a wellness micro-habit effective

The habits in this skill are drawn from behavioral research (BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits, Atomic Habits, Mini Habits) and applied to wellness specifically:

• Tiny — takes under 5 minutes, requires no special equipment or preparation
• Anchored — attached to something that already happens in the person's day
• Specific — "drink one glass of water before each meal" not "drink more water"
• Cumulative — may feel insignificant day-to-day but compounds over weeks

Process

Step 1: Understand the wellness goal

Find out (from the conversation or by asking):

• What area of wellness matters most to them right now? (sleep, energy, stress, fitness, nutrition, mental health, social connection, focus)