Q: My husband and I usually make a few resolutions for the new year. This year, I skipped it because I never follow through, and I wind up feeling bad about myself. My husband did OK for about a month ...

We’re now just about a month into the new year and, although it isn’t sentient, I’m acutely aware that my notes app list of ...

Depending on the behavior, it may become automatic for you in about 66 days. Some habits may be more challenging than others, but persistence and consistency do help to develop new ones. Whether you ...

Up to 65 percent of our daily behaviors occur habitually—but how habits form remains difficult for researchers to understand ...

Do you have a bad habit that you have been desperately trying to change for quite some time? Maybe it is quitting smoking or ending your love affair with donuts. Or maybe you are trying to cultivate a ...

Change is the biggest constant in all our lives now. A years-long health crisis and runaway inflation are changing how millions of us live every day. People are moving to greener pastures all over the ...

“Typically, people who exercise, start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues and family. They use their credit cards less ...

Systematic review finds health habits can form in as little as two months, but individual variability ranges from 4 to 335 days. Morning routines and self-selected habits show the strongest results.

Dear Doctors: My husband and I usually make a few resolutions for the new year. This year, I skipped it because I never follow through, and I wind up feeling bad about myself. My husband did OK for ...