Every year I make New Year’s resolutions to make a new habit of exercising more, improving my diet or stopping smoking, but my good intentions fall by the wayside within weeks. How can I make this ...

Habits are an essential part of creating a healthy lifestyle. In this article, I’ll share a “hack” to help you build habits faster and more easily by tying new habits to habits you already have. You ...

A new study published in PLOS ONE explains how one can make long-term behavioral changes by using ‘if-then’ action planning instead of relying purely on motivation or willpower. “Habits result from ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- We're talking about wellness tips all month long. As many people set resolutions we're giving you ways to maintain them with intention. Doctor Michele Kerulis from Northwestern ...

Self-care and healthier habits can get tangled up in the idea of self-optimization, which can ironically lead to further exhaustion and burnout. Sleep enhances self-regulation, focus, and memory—all ...

Now that many of us are working from home, it’s so easy to get distracted by pretty much everything. Though we can’t control things like kids asking us about multiplication, a partner’s conference ...

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 ...

Patients only remember about one-third of what doctors tell them. Addressing memory shortfalls is critical to improving patient outcomes. Those improvements are only possible if practitioners discuss ...

Scroll through parenting-focused accounts on social media these days, and you'll see tons of neat, aesthetically pleasing ideas for starting routines with an infant or small child. Or, as some call ...