Habits are an adaptive feature of how the brain works.” But sometimes, habits can lead us astray—whether it’s turning to ...

Every night that I’m alone in my apartment, I grab my laptop and start scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed. My intention is to spend five minutes catching up on people’s life achievements and ...

Don’t try to interrupt a bad habit. Instead, give in … and then think about how you feel about what you’re doing. I like to think I’m fairly disciplined. I can sit and write all day. I can do mundane ...

Ever have a small setback or fall into a bad mood and throw your resolutions to the wind? Ever say to hell with it because you blew your eating plan when you polished off that chocolate bar in the ...

It's easy to think of habits falling into black and white categories — exercising good, biting your nails bad. But habits also sit on a continuum in our ability to exercise control over them: Some are ...

Stuggling to break free from addiction and old habits? There's help. Many of us are stuck in our ways, refusing to embrace new and healthier patterns of behaviour. And it's not because we don't care ...

Every day, we make choices about our diet, exercise, sleep, interaction with others and management of stress. These small, seemingly innocuous picks really add up, significantly affecting how we age ...

Learning how to be smart with money comes down to two things: how you save it and how you spend it. Thankfully, not only is it possible to break bad money habits, it’s also possible to become ...