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Psychology says people who quit things cold turkey and people who can’t start at all usually share the same underlying problem

The person who quits everything cold turkey and the person who can never seem to start share the same invisible architecture ...
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Psychologists say the all-or-nothing mindset destroying your health goals isn’t discipline. It’s a trauma response to never feeling good enough.

The all-or-nothing approach to health isn't about discipline or willpower — it's a trauma response rooted in contingent ...
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I quit my career, bought the house on the lake, and had nowhere to be for the first time in my adult life. By week six I was Googling ‘why do I feel like I’m already dead.’

The lake-house fantasy promises liberation, but when the striving stops, the self built around striving doesn't know what it ...
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Women over 50 are being diagnosed with sleep apnea at record rates because doctors spent decades treating it as a male condition

Women over 50 are being diagnosed with sleep apnea at record rates — not because of a sudden epidemic, but because medicine ...
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The men who retired and lost their identity didn’t lack hobbies. They lacked a single relationship where they weren’t performing competence.

The retirement identity crisis isn't about purpose or hobbies — it's about men who spent decades performing competence in ...
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I kept an all-or-nothing approach to exercise for twenty years. The moment I allowed myself to do less, everything about my health changed.

For twenty years, Rachel Kim cycled between punishing workouts and total inactivity. The moment she allowed herself to just ...
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Sleep apnea in women over 50 is being misdiagnosed as depression and anxiety at an alarming rate, doctors warn

Women over 50 reporting fatigue, brain fog, and mood changes are being prescribed antidepressants when the real culprit — ...
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A neurologist says certain supplement combinations millions take daily may actually be accelerating brain aging

A growing number of neurologists are flagging an uncomfortable pattern: certain popular supplement combinations taken daily ...
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Scientists are pushing back on microplastics panic, saying obesity is the real health crisis people are ignoring

A growing number of scientists say the viral panic over microplastics is absorbing public attention that would be far better ...
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I lost 40 pounds on a GLP-1 drug and then signed up for a 5K without anyone suggesting it. My doctor says the drug didn’t just change my appetite, it changed what my brain ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic aren't just suppressing appetite — they may be rewiring the brain's reward system, and patients are spontaneously picking up hobbies, quitting alcohol, and signing up for 5Ks ...
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The people who stay sharpest after 70 aren’t doing crosswords. They’re doing something that looks a lot more like play.

Brain-training games make you better at brain-training games. But the people who stay sharpest after 70 are doing something far less structured — and far more human — than puzzles.
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Research suggests people who take up bird watching in midlife aren’t just finding a hobby. Their brains are responding to something clinical.

A growing body of research suggests that the surge of midlife adults taking up bird watching isn't a lifestyle trend — it's a neurological response to decades of attentional depletion, and the ...