New Year 2016 resolutions: How to keep them
9 years, 2 months ago

New Year 2016 resolutions: How to keep them

The Independent  

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How to keep your New Year's resolutions going past January - and what to do if you slip up
2 months, 1 week ago

How to keep your New Year's resolutions going past January - and what to do if you slip up

Daily Mail  

Understanding how the brain works is key when it comes to sticking to goals Every January, millions of people vow to change their lives. Whether it's quitting smoking, going to the gym, or losing weight, New Year's resolutions come with the promise of a fresh start. Chris Meaden, a leading trauma and anxiety therapist, trusted by royalty and celebrities alike, …

Why am I struggling with my New Year’s resolutions already?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why am I struggling with my New Year’s resolutions already?

The Independent  

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Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your new year’s resolutions
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your new year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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Experts reveal the 'secret' on keeping to your New Year's resolutions this time - as figures show two thirds of people abandon theirs
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Experts reveal the 'secret' on keeping to your New Year's resolutions this time - as figures show two thirds of people abandon theirs

Daily Mail  

Experts have revealed what they believe to be the 'secret' to maintaining your New Year's resolutions this time around, with the answer proving to be simpler than you'd expect. Speaking to the Telegraph, Benjamin Gardener, the study's director and head of the Habit Application and Theory Group at the University of Surrey, said: 'When we're trying to make positive changes …

Not making any resolutions for the fear of ghosting them? Experts explain why we abandon them and how to commit
3 months ago

Not making any resolutions for the fear of ghosting them? Experts explain why we abandon them and how to commit

Hindustan Times  

‘New year, new me’ is a popular aspiration as 2025 knocks on our doors. Dr Rajiv Mehta, Vice-Chairperson of Psychiatry at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, revealed, “'Old habits die hard' and that exactly applies to most of the New Year resolutions. Apart from multiple and unrealistic goals the other reasons for failures are not having a clear road map, …

Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick
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3 months ago

Making any New Year’s resolutions? Here are some tips to help make them stick

Associated Press  

LONDON — As the new year dawns, so too does the opportunity for change. “It might be more helpful to say, you’re only going to have dessert on the weekends and for special occasions.” Behavioral health experts recommend breaking ambitious goals into smaller targets, like swapping at least one snack for fruit and vegetables or getting some exercise for 10 …

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your New Year’s resolutions
3 months ago

Take it from me as a life coach: ditch your New Year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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Happy New Year 2025: Here are the top 10 most popular New Year resolutions
3 months ago

Happy New Year 2025: Here are the top 10 most popular New Year resolutions

Hindustan Times  

As 2024 comes to an end and the New Year approaches, signalling a fresh start, people enthusiastically embrace the opportunity for a ‘new me’ by setting resolutions. But it’s time to be positive and turn over a new leaf and new you as you actually commit to your resolutions this year. Here are some of the popular resolutions: Fitness Every …

How to stick to your new year resolutions beyond January
3 months ago

How to stick to your new year resolutions beyond January

India Today  

As the New Year rolls in, many of us set grand resolutions—losing weight, exercising more, learning a new skill, or managing finances better. In fact, studies show that nearly 80% of New Year’s resolutions are abandoned by February. Here’s how to stick to your New Year resolutions well into the year: SET SPECIFICS AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS One of the main …

New Year's Resolutions Often Set Us Up To Fail. Here Are 8 Tips For Success.
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New Year's Resolutions Often Set Us Up To Fail. Here Are 8 Tips For Success.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s that time of year! There’s nothing wrong with having these goals, she explained, but “sustaining them without genuine internal motivation will be challenging.” One example might be to exercise three times a week. “They’ll say things like, I want to lose X amount of weight, but the goal is really the habit change that will get …

My new year’s resolution? Be kinder to myself
1 year, 2 months ago

My new year’s resolution? Be kinder to myself

The Independent  

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8 expert-backed ways to make your New Year health resolutions last past mid-January
1 year, 2 months ago

8 expert-backed ways to make your New Year health resolutions last past mid-January

India Today  

December marks the death of all will to work out and by mid-January, most of those health resolutions have died a lonely death at the altar of reality. However, research shows that one of the top New Year resolutions on everyone’s mind is how to ‘become healthier’. Research, however, shows that one of the top New Year resolutions is ‘becoming …

Why bother making resolutions if you cannot keep them?
1 year, 2 months ago

Why bother making resolutions if you cannot keep them?

Hindustan Times  

It is that time of year—the time for renewals, new beginnings, and resolutions. They don’t make resolutions and make grand pronouncements like, “I don’t make resolutions; I keep them.” I make tons of resolutions. This year, I pulled up all my written resolutions over the years to create a survey of new year resolutions—and also to unpack what was possible …

The New Year offers a clean slate for long-elusive resolutions. Will 2024 be the year to keep them?
1 year, 3 months ago

The New Year offers a clean slate for long-elusive resolutions. Will 2024 be the year to keep them?

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. From the first spray of fireworks to the closing chorus of “Auld Lang Syne” 366 days into the future — 2024 is a leap year — it could be the year for finally achieving long-elusive goals, fulfilling aspirations and being resolute on all those New Year resolutions. “New …

5 New Year resolutions for your personal growth in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

5 New Year resolutions for your personal growth in 2024

India TV News  

The magic of a new year dawns with whispers of possibility and the resounding urge to shed past baggage and bloom anew. New Year's resolutions, often ambitious, become battle cries against our perceived shortcomings. Prioritise mental and emotional well-being: In the relentless pace of modern life, mental well-being often takes a backseat. Whether it's mastering a new language, picking up …

Top 10 resolutions for 2024: Budget planning, trying out new recipes and more
1 year, 3 months ago

Top 10 resolutions for 2024: Budget planning, trying out new recipes and more

Live Mint  

As the year 2023 will end this week, it is an opportunity for people to make resolutions before the start of the new year. Here are the top 10 resolutions that you can make for 2024: Spending Time with Family: Due to a hectic work schedule, long office travelling hours and various other issues, it becomes difficult to find time …

The 4 New Year's Resolutions Therapists Swear By
1 year, 3 months ago

The 4 New Year's Resolutions Therapists Swear By

Huff Post  

SolStock via Getty Images With New Year's resolutions like self-care and less phone use, therapists really are just like us. Therapists have their opinions on them, too: “I think the best way that I would look at a resolution is what do I want to carve out for myself that I would love to see happen or even commence within …

New Year 2024: Top 10 New Year resolutions from around the world
1 year, 3 months ago

New Year 2024: Top 10 New Year resolutions from around the world

Hindustan Times  

2024 is almost here. So, we decided to list the top 10 New Year resolutions from around the world that people keep as they welcome the New Year. Top 10 New Year 2024 resolutions from around the world Top 10 New Year resolutions from around the world Books are an excellent way to gain knowledge, and they are also great …

7 practical ways to stick to your New Year resolutions in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

7 practical ways to stick to your New Year resolutions in 2024

Hindustan Times  

The New Year is right around the corner, and we are all gearing up to celebrate it with our friends and family. However, the longest-running joke with New Year's resolutions is that the majority of us fail to achieve them. So, we decided to help you out with practical ways which will help you to stick to your resolutions in …

How to restart our New Year’s resolutions
2 years, 2 months ago

How to restart our New Year’s resolutions

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Award-winning behavioral scientist Katy Milkman is the James G. Dinan Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, author of “How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be,” cofounder of the Behavior Change for Good Initiative, and the host of Charles Schwab’s “Choiceology” podcast. That means you’ll …

New year resolutions: Why your brain isn’t wired to stick to them
2 years, 2 months ago

New year resolutions: Why your brain isn’t wired to stick to them

The Hindu  

New year, new resolutions. Our brains are lazy and want to minimise cognitive load – meaning we repeat what we find pleasurable rather than consider many different and new options, which may be more or less pleasurable. But to actively alter our neural pathways away from such activation, we need to engage several areas of the brain – including the …

New Year’s resolutions typically lead to misery – here’s how to make them work
2 years, 2 months ago

New Year’s resolutions typically lead to misery – here’s how to make them work

The Independent  

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5 ways to make sure you don’t abandon your New Year’s resolutions
2 years, 2 months ago

5 ways to make sure you don’t abandon your New Year’s resolutions

Live Mint  

As the end of the year draws closer, you’re likely to be furiously making New Year’s Resolutions, all those good intentions to be a better person and do better in the coming year. Having limited goals will help you to keep your focus for the entire year, creating sustainable efforts rather than overwhelming you with all the changes in the …

How to keep your New Year’s resolutions
2 years, 3 months ago

How to keep your New Year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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New Year 2023 Resolutions: 5 New Year resolutions you should never make
2 years, 3 months ago

New Year 2023 Resolutions: 5 New Year resolutions you should never make

Hindustan Times  

As we enter the New Year, apart from making plans to get together with our friends and family, people also make resolutions to achieve in the upcoming year. While making resolutions or goals to achieve helps us look forward to the New Year, choosing unrealistic or toxic plans can harm your mental and physical space. So, here are 5 New …

New Year Resolutions for 2023: Staying Healthy, Taking up a hobby to Loving yourself
2 years, 3 months ago

New Year Resolutions for 2023: Staying Healthy, Taking up a hobby to Loving yourself

India TV News  

As we approach the end of the year, we may feel focused, driven, settled, ambitious or content. The next step would be to work towards new goals and resolutions. Whatever our mood, we are preoccupied with working out a list of new year's resolutions and how to keep them this time. It is important to be mindful, take responsibility, stay …

Here’s the cheat code to making new year’s resolutions that you can actually fulfil
2 years, 3 months ago

Here’s the cheat code to making new year’s resolutions that you can actually fulfil

Live Mint  

Ah, it’s that time of the year! When you wake up one day and find that just a few days of December are left, and that very soon it will be a whole new year! I have been as guilty as anyone of setting myself ambitious targets for the new year, and then feel guilty for not being able to …

Your best resolution for 2023? Don’t make one
2 years, 3 months ago

Your best resolution for 2023? Don’t make one

Live Mint  

The end of the year is fast approaching, and I don't have a single resolution set for the new year. I once saw a great meme that said this: "My new year's resolution is to lose ten pounds - only fifteen more to go." Fast forward to the 17th century, New Year resolutions became less about food survival and started …

Are New Year's resolutions powerful or pointless?
3 years, 2 months ago

Are New Year's resolutions powerful or pointless?

BBC  

Are New Year's resolutions powerful or pointless? The “purity principle” can’t fully explain our penchant for New Year’s resolutions. “You're turning the page, you have a clean slate, it's a new beginning.” Any time you have a moment that feels like a division of time, your mind does a special thing where it creates a sense that you have a …

Why I won’t be making any new year’s resolutions
3 years, 3 months ago

Why I won’t be making any new year’s resolutions

The Independent  

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What are UK adults’ new year resolutions?
3 years, 3 months ago

What are UK adults’ new year resolutions?

The Independent  

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Why most New Year Resolutions are broken
4 years, 2 months ago

Why most New Year Resolutions are broken

Deccan Chronicle  

Every year, as New Year approaches, the Internet is choked with memes on resolutions that end up in colossal failures. Get Real According to Dr Diana Monteiro, counselling psychologist at the Hyderabad Academy of Psychology, one of the biggest reasons for failure is that we set up unrealistic goals while making resolutions. “Initially everyone works hard to achieve their goals; …

Five Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
4 years, 3 months ago

Five Tips to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution

News 18  

All set for the coming year with your set of resolutions? To stick to your New Year’s resolution, we have five tips that can be very helpful. Take a look… Pick something that’s new for you For anything new you are likely to put in more effort and learn with ore interest, so pick something that you have never done …

New Year's resolution ideas that can give a kick-start
4 years, 3 months ago

New Year's resolution ideas that can give a kick-start

India Today  

New Year's resolution is the pledge or promise we make to ourselves. Though 2020 has been a tough year for most people worldwide, now that 2021 is around the corner, therefore, it is the time for a fresh beginning with a new year's resolution. New Year resolution ideas for 2021 1-hour workout Complete a fitness goal Meditation practice Yoga practice …

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick
55 years, 2 months ago

How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

Slate  

There’s a lot of research about New Year’s resolutions and about how to create resolutions that work. The first big rule is that resolutions like “This year I’m going to get into shape” or “This year I’m going to save more money” are much, much less effective than coming up with a specific plan. I’m going to keep it “Boy” …

Make new year’s resolutions because you want to change, not because the date has changed
5 years, 2 months ago

Make new year’s resolutions because you want to change, not because the date has changed

The Independent  

Sitting on the toilet at 11.50pm on 31 December while my friends party on the other side of the door, I’m desperately searching for inspiration. Resolutions I’d forgotten to write earlier and suddenly felt compelled to get down before the stroke of midnight, or else face going into the new year the same old me. A quarter of Brits have …

How to keep New Year’s resolutions
5 years, 2 months ago

How to keep New Year’s resolutions

CNN  

CNN — Do you want to eat better, exercise more, stop vaping or lose weight? But if you believe in yourself, you are 10 times more likely to change via a New Year’s resolution, compared to non-resolvers, when both groups have comparable goals and motivation, he reported. But if you’re a night person, don’t make it harder on yourself by …

People confess their biggest new year's resolution fails
6 years, 2 months ago

People confess their biggest new year's resolution fails

Daily Mail  

There's nothing more exciting than creating a list of shiny new resolutions for the coming year which guarantee a better you. Wrote one alongside a photo of their 'healthy meal' The day after New Year's: This woman said every year she makes a resolution to eat better and go to the gym and every year she fails Overhauling a diet …

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Have faith! Your 2019 resolution WILL work... if you chuck these out
6 years, 2 months ago

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Have faith! Your 2019 resolution WILL work... if you chuck these out

Daily Mail  

Maybe you’ve decided to learn French or get a new job. These include: ‘Don’t bother with a New Year resolution because you will give up within a couple of weeks.’ Get rid of calorific items such as doughnuts and replace them with healthy food Here's proof that resolutions do stick There is a widespread belief that resolutions are a waste …

Tough to keep up with New Year resolutions? Here're tips
6 years, 3 months ago

Tough to keep up with New Year resolutions? Here're tips

India TV News  

Making resolutions and scheduling actions for New Year is something that we have been doing since our childhood. Here are some ways to keep up with your New Year resolutions. Write down your goals and stick them at some corner you visit often like your bedroom walls or office cubicle. * Ensure the goals are specific and measurable for example, …

How to keep up with your New Year resolutions? Here are 5 simple tricks!
6 years, 3 months ago

How to keep up with your New Year resolutions? Here are 5 simple tricks!

India TV News  

Making resolutions and scheduling actions for New Year are something that everyone aspires for. Here are a few ways to keep up with your New Year resolutions. Write down your goals and stick them at some corner you visit often like your bedroom walls or office cubicle. Ensure the goals are specific and measurable for example, 'I want to lose …

These Are The Best Resolutions You Can Make, According To Therapists
6 years, 3 months ago

These Are The Best Resolutions You Can Make, According To Therapists

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, people are either staunch defenders of the practice or vocal critics. “Saying ‘no’ is an important way that we can protect our boundaries as well as self-care,” said Rachel Tomlinson, a registered psychologist in Perth, Australia. “Studies show that not only are we more irritable and anxious and depressed when …

How to stick to your New Year’s resolution
7 years, 2 months ago

How to stick to your New Year’s resolution

Daily Mail  

Sticking to your New Year's resolution can often seem like an impossible task. Receiving a compliment is the best way to stay motivated - especially if you want to shed those pounds from your waistline, a psychologist claims Dr Spelman, a member of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, said: 'Research shows positive feedback is far more useful …

Not all New Year's Resolutions are destined for failure, claims expert
7 years, 3 months ago

Not all New Year's Resolutions are destined for failure, claims expert

The Independent  

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5 Proven Reasons Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail
8 years, 2 months ago

5 Proven Reasons Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail

Huff Post  

Why New Year’s Resolutions Fail And How To Succeed In Goal Setting Three weeks into the New Year and here I am typing up my first post of the year! You Have The Oliver Twist Syndrome New year’s resolutions fail because people are constantly wanting more. Resolution Adoption One of the biggest reasons why new year’s resolutions fail is that …

5 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions That Are Easy To Keep
8 years, 2 months ago

5 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions That Are Easy To Keep

Huff Post  

For SELF, by Nina Bahadur. Getty Images Setting a New Year’s resolution is the easy part — it’s sticking to one that is actually hard. "If you pay attention to your food you are psychologically more satisfied by it," Dr. David Cox, chief medical officer at mindful meditation app Headspace, previously told SELF. “People focus on getting enough sleep and …

Runversation: Running and those resolutions
8 years, 2 months ago

Runversation: Running and those resolutions

Deccan Chronicle  

It’s the start of another year and many are thinking about what we want from 2017. Tens of millions make resolutions each year and many of them are centered around health and well-being — from eating better, losing weight to hit the gym a few times a week. Small, incremental lifestyle changes may feel less appealing but they have a …

Leading nutritionist shares hoiw to make your New Year's resolutions stick
8 years, 2 months ago

Leading nutritionist shares hoiw to make your New Year's resolutions stick

Daily Mail  

As the clock struck twelve, many people around the world will have set themselves a resolution for 2017. FEMAIL spoke to leading Sydney-based nutritionist, Lyndi Cohen, for her advice on how to make your New Year's resolutions stick. Plan: FEMAIL spoke to leading Sydney-based nutritionist, Lyndi Cohen, for her advice on how to make your New Year's resolutions stick Advice: …

New Year's Resolutions Are Bound To Fail. Try This Instead.
8 years, 3 months ago

New Year's Resolutions Are Bound To Fail. Try This Instead.

Huff Post  

Chris Ryan/Getty Images When it comes to setting New Year’s resolutions, most people shoot for the moon. So instead of making hard-line resolutions this year, Anding suggests increasing your chances for long-term success by approaching your health goals as a “reset.” “January 1 signifies a new beginning. However, each day allows for a new beginning, and hence it is a …

A Non-Resolution Resolution — Beginning The New Year With Purpose
8 years, 3 months ago

A Non-Resolution Resolution — Beginning The New Year With Purpose

Huff Post  

This year, I won’t be making any New Year’s resolutions. Let’s face it, New Year’s resolutions are usually about the easy stuff, small changes, breaking bad habits or improving daily routines. Or, it’s about the bigger things to change from the year or years before – it is looking backwards at how to change past actions and reactions. Times of …

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