Even the most well-designed health program will fall short without one key ingredient: consistent follow-through. Improving our health and overall well-being is not based on something we can do once; it's constant progress, full of small actions.

As clinicians, we spend hours on intake analysis, exploring meaning and goals, teaching exercises, explaining anatomy and function, developing protocols for herbs and nutrients, and conducting drug interaction analyses. But if we don't plan for this consistent follow-through—what I call adherence, and it's one of the main pillars of the Brainbow Blueprint—even the most thoughtful and personalized protocols can go abandoned.

To build strong adherence, we need to start by identifying potential barriers so we can prevent them and develop effective strategies. Some of the most common ones are:

These factors, among others, can quietly sabotage progress, even when our intentions are strong. Without a solid foundation, change becomes fragile.

Adherence isn't just about

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