Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new year. A new school year. A new week. Mental health experts say our brains are naturally drawn to fresh starts, wired to find ...

In previous years, Sinead Mulhern had set ambitious goals on January 1, only to abandon them weeks later.

Quit smoking, exercise more, eat healthier: Every January 1, we plan to do great things over the next year — only to fail every time. Here's how to make sure your New Year's resolutions work out.There ...

In our last issue of 2009, Between The Lines took readers on a trip down memory lane through the last decade in Michigan's LGBT community. But the time for reminiscing is over. Now, we have to look ...

Are you aiming to sleep better, eat healthier, scroll less and/or generally upgrade your life starting on Jan. 1? Join the club — it's several thousand years old. New Year's resolutions are a key part ...

Usually I take stock of my life at my birthday. I assess the last year and contemplate the upcoming year. But on that day in 2003 I was on a plane en route to a funeral. This left me taking stock of ...

Many see the new year as the perfect time to start over, as it represents the ability to leave what’s old in the past and ...

It’s time to set goals for the coming year, and a psychologist has some hints for helping you to make those changes last. John Norcross, a professor of psychology at the University of Scranton, is one ...

So you made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight like the rest of us, but research shows that most resolutions go down the drain within the first month or two after January 1. Staying on track is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Year’s resolutions fail because they start from a false premise: that you are a problem to be corrected. They frame your life ...

I love New Year's resolutions, and birthday resolutions, and post-Labor Day resolutions, so I'm not here to give grim statistics about how unlikely you are to stick to whatever plans you make on ...