When it comes to living a happier, healthier life, breaking bad habits is the first step.
What comes next is filling the space left behind with ones that push you toward your goals.
"Everyone thinks, 'OK, I'm a stress eater.' They don't think 'I'm a stress exerciser or I'm a stress worker,' but in our research we find that people do those things as well just as often as acting badly," Wood said. Educator Michelle Icard works with families to help their children navigate adolescence, and when she recommends strategies to build productive habits in response to stress, she said it's best not to get too prescriptive.
Movement and therapy are two go-to healthy habits John Duffy, a Chicago-based clinical psychologist, most often encourages people build, particularly in response to stress, but he also finds there is no sweeping answer to a good routine. The reward can be as simple as pride in the action or pure enjoyment of the activity, she added, and if it is something that feels good, your brain will release the chemical dopamine, often called the"feel-good" neurotransmitter, which helps reinforce the habit in your brain.
It's important to make the good habit convenient, she said. When a night owl tries to wake up early to get more reading in or a hopeful novice athlete signs up for a gym on the other side of town, all the motivation and dopamine hits that were there at the start may soon wear thin from the friction of a challenging environment.However, sometimes the path of least resistance isn't an option. That is where temptation bundling comes in.
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