Skip to: Main Navigation | Main Content

or try the A-Z Library

iStockPhoto

Making healthy habits stick

Health: The Pulse - 11/01/2012

Kicking off the new year on the right foot when you're motivated is easy. But how do you maintain new healthy habits when your resolve starts to fade?

More Features and Stories

  • The gift of giving reaps healthy rewards
    Christmas may be the season for giving, but research shows becoming more giving year round can significantly boost your health and wellbeing.
    Health: The Pulse 07 December 2011
  • Is technology making us lonely?
    It's meant to connect us, but is technology only making us feel more alone? Is there anything we can do about it?
    Health: The Pulse 03 November 2011
  • Diet and depression: can food help fight the blues?
    A healthy diet can help reduce your risk of a range of chronic diseases, but could it also help ward off depression?
    Health: The Pulse 28 September 2011
  • Caring for a partner with bipolar disorder
    When her partner was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Kate Holleman learned that becoming a carer called for a complete emotional overhaul.
    Health: Your Stories 11 May 2011
  • Motherhood and exercise: Don't sweat it?
    Becoming a parent might mean you have to change the way you think about exercise - at least temporarily, says ABC newsreader (and mother of two) Juanita Phillips.
    Health: Your Stories 24 February 2011
  • Get to work... on your happiness
    If you want to get fitter, you need to work at it. The same goes for becoming happier, a growing body of research shows.
    Health: The Pulse 17 January 2011

all mind & mood features and stories

Fact Buster

iStockPhoto

Is crying important when you're grieving?

Yes. If you don't cry, it impairs your ability to deal with your loss.
No. Crying is irrelevant to your ability to deal with your loss.
Maybe. For some people, crying may be important to deal with a loss.

Read the answer

read more questions

Health Quizzes & Tools

Health IQ: Workplace health

Time spent at work can have a real impact on our health: for better or for worse. How much do you know about staying healthy in the workplace?

Health IQ: Stress

Are you depressed?

Making Australia Happy