How To!: Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions

January is barely two weeks old and already some of our ambitious
New Year’s resolutions may be starting to fade. No shame!
Approximately 90% of resolution makers don’t reach their goal.
Which means there’s gotta be a better way. Our listener this week,
Emily, is discouraged about her unhealthy eating and lack of
exercise and wants to form better habits that last long after the
new year. On this episode of How To!, we bring on Maya Shankar.
Maya is a cognitive scientist and host of the award-winning
podcast, A Slight Change of Plans. Relying on decades of research,
she helps Emily (and all of us) set ourselves up for success based
on what works for actual humans. If you liked this episode, check
out: “How To Eat Whatever You Want” and “How To Lose Weight and
Keep It Off” Do you have a question without an answer? Send us a
note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and
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or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Rosemary
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