Mindfully observe what you are doing right now. Is any part of it habitual? What is a habit? Habits are learned associations between context cues and responses, such as between the desk in your room ...

If you often read self-improvement articles, you know the basics of habit formation. However, in practice, when people try to execute common habits advice, some complexities can come up that affect ...

What gets measured gets improved is the whole idea behind habit tracking. If you’ve ever struggled with implementing a new habit, from drinking more water to getting eight hours of sleep, tracking ...

Have you ever struggled to stick with a new habit? You’re not alone. Whether hitting the gym, learning a new language, or reading daily, forming new habits can feel like an uphill battle. But what if ...

Old habits die hard — but so are new ones borne. Life hackers have long hypothesized about the existence of a provable time benchmark when a new practice becomes a disciplined skill. Old myths have ...

Many self-help books claim that if you want to develop a good habit, you should at least practice it for 21 days. Some ...

Cambridge experts share their tips on things to stop doing, to boost our mental and physical health this year.

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Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. New research found that, unlike many people think, ...

With the New Year soon upon us, there's lots of conversations around the “New Year, New Me” adage and pressure to commit to resolutions. And while the intent may be positive, the approach can cause ...

A popular piece of self-help folklore might be more complicated than we thought. New research finds that it takes significantly more than a month for a new habit to form. Scientists at the University ...