Healthy Habits/Goal Setting
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5 Lifestyle Changes to Lower Blood Pressure
Hypertension can be managed with nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle factors.
The Stages of Change
Break a habit. Achieve a goal. Transform your life. Here's a look at the six parts of Prochaska's stages of change.
The Real-Fitness Manifesto
Our best fitness tips to help you move well, recover fully, and achieve your fittest life.
Sabbatical Stories
Sabbaticals aren’t just for college professors anymore. Many workers are taking time off to pursue a creative project, build a skill, or simply expand their horizons.
7 Strategies for Navigating Big Life Changes
These tactics can help you manage the stress that even positive transitions can bring.
A Change of Habit
Our lives are in many ways defined by unconscious habits and ingrained behaviors. How much do you know about the structures that hold you together, and those that hold you down?
10 Habits of Successful Vegetable Eaters
Looking for a game-changing way to boost your health? Eat (way!) more veggies, says functional-medicine pioneer Frank Lipman, MD.
How to Break the Fast-Food Habit
Not only does fast food tend to be unhealthy, but some of its ingredients are downright addictive. Here’s how to kick the habit.
16 Ways to Move More
Resist the call of the couch! For our basic well-being, we need to get moving.
Has Instagram Changed the Way We Eat?
A social-media platform is changing food culture. Are we OK with that?
How to Use Intuitive Training to Reach Your Fitness Goals
Want better workout results in less time? Start taking direction from your body. It knows exactly what to do.
Do It Anyway: Overcoming Procrastination With Morita Therapy
Morita therapy offers a philosophical, tough-love approach to undoing your own undoings.
Why Your Fitness Mindset Matters
The key to sticking with a workout program may be strengthening the “muscle” between your ears.
In Praise of Healthy Hobbies
Optimal health means working out and eating well, but it also involves making time for activities like reading, art, and music. New research makes the case for these not-so-trivial pursuits.
The Problem With New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s vows to change often bring more pain than actual gain. Here’s how to get real about your good intentions.
Change Your Mindset
We often feel we have to change the world for good things to happen. Maybe we just need to adjust our thinking.
Courageous Dreaming
A little shamanic wisdom can help you create the life of your dreams.
A Change of Routine
Why breaking out of tired, old habits is good for the body and mind.
Designing Your Future Self
You’re the best person to create big changes in your life. But those shifts will happen only if your “future self” is on board.
How to Stop Falling Back Into Old Habits
Old habits die hard — but reverting to unwanted patterns doesn’t have to sabotage your healthy-living progress.
The Power of Process
To create positive change, don’t obsess over specific goals. Focus instead on problem-solving strategies you can adjust as you go.