Do you want to develop good habits or change your bad habits into productive ones? Understanding the psychology of habit formation is essential to forming new habits or changing your old habits. Knowing how a habit forms will help you create positive, useful habits and get rid of habits that could hurt you. Habits Begin …
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What Are Habits? And Aren’t they Bad? Although some bad habits do exist (tobacco, drug use, gambling, etc.) not all habits are bad. In fact, according to a study by Debbie L Stoewen, titled Dimensions of Wellness: Change Your Habits, Change Your Life, up to 40% of our daily routine is controlled by habitual behavior. …
What Are Habits Habits as a whole, are predetermined patterns of behavior that we use to automate our daily lives. Accordingly, there are 4 types of habits that we deal with on a constant basis. These are not good / bad habits, but more of a categorical description of these habits and what we gain …
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As a society, people develop rituals to create structure, give meaning, and channel emotions through shared events. Participating in healthy rituals can help you manage your thoughts and emotions and add meaning to your life. These four healthy rituals provide social health for you and the people around you. Welcoming Rituals When people enter a …
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As kids, we’re told to break bad habits. What we should and should not do become so ingrained in our minds that we get sick of it! We end up rebelling throughout our teen years, discarding many of those childhood lessons. Then, maybe somewhere on the wrong side of 25, we come full circle and …
1. Effective Communication Effective communication is two-fold. In order to be an effective communicator, you must be able to both listen and respond. This sounds like a simple goal to master, but it is so much more complicated than it seems. Effective listening requires going beyond hearing what somewhat else is saying. We have a …
Psychologists define a habit as a learned behavior that is repeated without thinking about it. A habit is performed automatically because you’ve done it so many times before you don’t have to stop and think about how or why you do it. Habits are developed over time until they become part of your personality. Which …
Your habits, or the things you repeatedly do without conscious thought, play a crucial role in your personality and wellness. As you navigate through life’s challenges, your habits affect your self-esteem by either building your confidence or tearing you down. Good habits require practice, but they can help build your self-esteem, confidence, and wellbeing. Positive …
Almost all of us have at least one bad habit. They can range from the very simple, leaving the mayonnaise jar out, to the extreme like substance abuse. Although some of them may not cause any more than a minor annoyance to those around us, the extreme ones can rule our life entirely. The good …
Sticking to a new habit is a difficult endeavor. Once it’s in place, however, the battle has only just begun. Many people who go to the gym steadily for over a year just… stop all together. Some joggers make it through most of a marathon only to give up with 5 miles left. The sad …