Setting a resolution to exercise more? Make it a habit to make it stick. (Getty) Resolutions are good. How do you make a resolution stick? Make it a habit. But habits are complex — even defining habit ...

Habit Forming, a newly formed Gainesville-based musical duo, released its debut single “Rocks” Tuesday, a song filled with vivid lyrical imagery, passionate rapping and haunting piano chords. The ...

Resolutions are top of mind at the beginning of a new year — coinciding, of course, with the marketing of 30-day programs that promise to help individuals achieve their long-term goals. But experts ...

“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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you made a New Year’s resolution, it’s still probably too early to know if it’s become an actual habit yet, and according to one study, it may take a little longer to build that ...

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 ...

People in one group were asked to pick a convenient two-hour window, and to follow a strict routine: something along the ...

If you made a New Year’s resolution, chances are it centers around forming a new habit. And, as most of us know, the pursuit of taking on a new habit is where ...

A popular piece of self-help folklore might be more complicated than we thought. New research finds that it takes significantly more than a month for a new habit to form. Scientists at the University ...

Let’s face it: We have good intentions, but we are terrible at following through. This reality has led some to suggest that making resolutions to change is pointless. We are missing something when it ...

When thinking about your life goals, they may seem overwhelming or even impossible to achieve. But achieving any dream, no matter how lofty, begins with forming good habits. Over time, they will ...

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 ...