Emotional fragility is often the result of bad habits that interfere with our natural resilience. A small bout of worry in the morning turns into a whole day of anxiety, stress, and panic. A tiny ...

Nearly half of our daily activities are performed out of habit, occurring with minimal conscious thought. These automated behavioral patterns, ranging from morning routines to evening scrolling, ...

I don’t know about you, but neuroscience kind of blows my mind—especially when I try to apply it to business. That’s why I was intrigued when I saw that a professor of philosophy revealed he’d done a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Sometime during childhood, I developed a seemingly unbreakable habit of twirling my hair and picking at ...

All of us have daily routines we rely on. Getting out of bed each morning, we follow set procedures to cleanse and dress ourselves. Bleary-eyed, we pad out to the kitchen, make a cup of coffee or tea, ...

Mindfully observe what you are doing right now. Is any part of it habitual? What is a habit? Habits are learned associations between context cues and responses, such as between the desk in your room ...

You can disrupt routines you don't like—if you spot them. My cat Mira likes to do the same things at the same time, every day. At some point I put my hand under the bathroom door while brushing my ...

Emotionally mature people have a healthy relationship with their emotions, which comes from building healthy habits of mind. On the other hand, when you have unhealthy mental habits, it tends to ...