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Relapse is a person leaving the new behavior and returning to the old pattern. In the transtheoretical model this is seen not as a failure but as an ordinary part of the process; most lasting change settles in after several relapses. The real matter is not that the slip happens but that afterward the person blames themselves and gives up entirely. The coach handles relapse without judgment and looks at what can be learned from it. A setback can be not an end but merely a datum.