Nancy Green, a social worker and co-chair of the Shelter Island health and wellness committee, details how to make and keep ...

In the 19th century, there was a hydraulic model of how to be a good person. There are all these torrents of passion flowing through you. Your job, as captain of your soul, is to erect dams to keep ...

We are creatures of habit and are hardwired to build habits. Unfortunately, for many of us, it’s easier to build bad habits than good ones. However, there is a way to use the brain’s reward system to ...

We all want more good habits and fewer bad ones. We may disagree about what these terms mean. I, for example, find contemplating the inevitability of my own death on a daily basis to be a really good ...

Do you ever feel drinking is like a super stubborn habit that is impossible to break? Many drinkers tell me that one of the biggest challenges they face in cutting down on drinking is the habit aspect ...

Studying – you know you need to do it, but you just can’t seem to make it a habit. Maybe you forget, become distracted or just don’t want to do it. Understanding what a habit is, and how it forms, can ...

AMES, Iowa – The morning alarm is more than a signal that it’s time to get up – for many people it means it’s time to hit the gym. But if exercise is not a habit, that cue from the alarm may trigger a ...