Breaking a toxic habit isn’t just about willpower—it’s about rewiring your brain, understanding your triggers, and replacing destructive behaviors with healthier alternatives. Whether it’s ...

We’ve all had a month and change to set our New Year’s resolutions in motion…and I’m here to check in and see how it’s going.

Whether it’s healthy eating, self-care, a reasonable bedtime, we all have habits that we really want to build to allow us to ...

Did you make any resolutions this new year? If you did, are you keeping to them? Well done if you are. Polling in America suggests half of new-year resolvers give up by the end of March. More rigorous ...

Maybe you bite your nails or tug at your hair. Or, you’re drinking more than you’d like or checking your phone way too often. We all have habits that can seem to take over our lives, and despite ...

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 ...

Dr. Bethany Cook, PsyD, MT-BC, is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of For What It’s Worth: A Perspective on How to Thrive and Survive Parenting. She's a sought after therapist and quoted ...