Some solutions? Try to get more sleep, exercise regularly and opt for stress reduction techniques like meditation, which can all work to increase willpower and overall brain health, says Poldrack.

Even if, as in my case, the habit you want to change is decades long.

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 ...

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Breaking a bad habit can feel like swimming against a current. You know it isn’t serving you, but your brain defaults to it anyway. A bad habit is a learned behavior that’s performed automatically in ...

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It’s January. Millions of employees, and likely you, will attempt to improve their health. Most won’t succeed, not because they lack willpower, but because leaders rarely design work cultures that ...