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Your unthinking routines form the bedrock of what you do in everyday life. The more you repeat a behaviour with a consistent environmental cue, the more automatic the behaviour becomes. With repetition, the mental effort to initiate a new behaviour gets easier, and over time the action becomes second nature.... Read full article »
Learn to identify your emotions by keeping track of how you’re feeling throughout your day. You can do this by setting a reminder on your phone to buzz every few hours and manually noting down what you are doing in that moment, along with your mood and any associated physical... Read full article »
In the day to day hustle and bustle of every day life, it can be hard to keep track of the bigger picture of what we're actually eating and drinking on a regular basis. Keep a food diary for a month to get a clear picture of what you’re... Read full article »
We know that microbiome diversity is linked to human health and we know that while several factors influence our microbiota, what we eat seems to be one of the key influencers. So what should we eat to promote healthy gut microbiota diversity? Our gut bugs eat what we eat. Specifically,... Read full article »
One of the best ways you can tell if you are getting enough good quality sleep, and whether you have signs of a sleep disorder, is by keeping a sleep diary. Download a sleep diary template here. Adapted from NHLBI. Read full article »
Professor Sonya Lyubomirsky from the University of California, Riverside has created the Subjective Happiness Scale[1], which you can download here, or from her website here. INSTRUCTIONS For each of the following statements and/or questions, circle the point on the scale that you feel is most appropriate in describing you. To score the scale,... Read full article »
Social support in general, and the availability of help from family or friends, is positively associated with medication adherence. An assessment of a person’s perception of, and need for, a social support network can be as important as the person’s readiness to change when determining his or her level of... Read full article »
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