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The sobriety challenge can offer a mental and physical reset, and the chance to adopt healthier habits. Dry January sounds like a simple proposition: No...

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From biting your nails to over-shopping, your habits might hold you back. Experts explain how to break bad habits in favor of more positive routines over time.

More than 40 percent of everything we do—from washing dishes to spreading misinformation— is habitual. Science has some ideas about how to do better.

If you’re about to set your resolutions for 2023, stop. According to experts, this is how to pick the right ones, build good habits, and stay motivated.

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50:09 For the new year, we’re sharing our conversation with psychologist Wendy Wood, who told us that changing habits and keeping goals isn’t about willpower — it’s about tapping into our unconscious selves. As a researcher, Wood studies the science of habits, where she has learned that most of what we do we do without giving it much thought – our behavior falls into our predictable patterns that we set over the course of our lives. But when a new year hits and we decide to make some ...