Over the course of four sessions, my patient, Stacey, and I worked toward her goals of sleeping more, checking her email less and spending more quality time with her family. She successfully developed ...

When someone asks you to change something about yourself, you can respond in a variety of different ways. Reactions can range from being angry and resistant to being interested and excited. Change is ...

Change isn’t easy, especially when it involves breaking habits. Anyone who has ever made a New Year’s resolution knows this ­all too well. What you may not know is that, according to research on ...

How do people change longstanding habits such as drinking alcohol or being too critical of their children? Researchers James Prochaska, John Norcross and Carlo DiClemente have discovered how people ...

2024 is shaping up to be an unpredictable year. Between overseas conflicts, a historically divisive presidential election, climate change concerns, and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, it ...

You’ve made your lists of ins and outs for 2024. You have set your goals and intentions just like you did this time last year. Whether you are successful or not in achieving these goals or creating ...

If you are truly sincere about wanting to make one or more New Year’s resolutions for 2026, consider these five stages of behavioral change: (1) Begin cognitive restructuring (changing your thinking) ...

Large language model-based chatbots can't effectively recognize users' motivation when they are hesitant about making healthy behavior changes, but they can support those who are committed to take ...

A staggering 129 million Americans have at least one major chronic disease—and 90% of our $4.1 trillion in annual health care spending goes toward treating these physical and mental-health conditions.

Large language model-based chatbots can’t effectively recognize users’ motivation when they are hesitant about making healthy behavior changes, but they can support those who are committed to take ...