A major health scare is often the strongest motivator for people to make lifestyle changes. Successfully changing long-term habits requires a firm decision rather than simply wanting to change. Making ...

It’s not willpower that helps us stick with a New Year’s resolution. People who stay with their resolution to, say, eat healthier or exercise more find satisfaction in the activity itself, behavioral ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...