In the media

Catch up on the Habit Application and Theory group (HabitAT) members' media activities.

Habits and Health

Episode 1 — FIP CPD bites on pharmacists’ role in supporting health behaviour change

Dr Pippa Lally, International Pharmaceutical Federation, FIP CPD bites on pharmacists’ role in supporting health behaviour change. July 2024. 

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The Psychology of Habit

The Psychology of Habits | Dr. Benjamin Gardner | 3

Dr Benjamin Gardner, The Mental Wellbeing Network (Australia), June 2022

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Breaking (bad) habits

Breaking (bad) habits — Dr. Pippa Lally | Briefing Knowledge Leaders 2022

Dr. Pippa Lally | Briefing Knowledge Leaders 2022

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Making and Breaking Habits

Making and Breaking Habits | Dr. Pippa Lally | 24

Dr. Pippa Lally, The Mental Wellbeing College (Australia), May 2023

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Radio and Podcasts

How habit change can and can't change our behaviour

Dr Benjamin Gardner discusses habit formation and disruption on talk-show "Nightlife with Philip Clark" (Australia), May 2024

New Year's Resolutions

Dr Pippa Lally talks about new year's resolutions with The Brain Docs (Drs Ayesha and Dean Sherzai). February 2024

Joyful Podcast: The science behind breaking and making habits

With Dr Pippa Lally (February 2024)

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The psychology of post-pandemic social behaviour

With Professor Barbara Mullan, RTRFM Radio (Australia), May 2022

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The key to changing old habits

With Professor Barbara Mullan, 3AW Radio (Australia), October 2021

Blog and print

Old habits die hard

Disrupting unwanted habitual behaviour by Annabel Stone and Phillippa Lally (Practical Health Psychology, April 2025)

Invisible habits are driving your life

How understanding habits can help people to change their behaviour - featuring an interview with Dr Benjamin Gardner (The Atlantic, January 2025)

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How to make New Year's Resolutions Stick

How to make lasting changes to your everyday habits - personal and professional guidance from Dr Benjamin Gardner (The Psychologist, December 2024)

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How sleepiness can derail habit change

Coverage of 2025 HabitAT paper outlining the relationship between sleepiness and habitual behaviour (The Mail, December 2024)

How Long Does It Really Take to Form a Habit? by Jocelyn Solis-Moreira.

Featuring an interview with Dr Pippa Lally (Scientific American, January 2024)

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Overriding existing routines to create new ones

Advice on how to use habit principles to change everyday routines, with advice from Dr Benjamin Gardner (Well & Good, USA, Oct 2023)

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How I Turned my Errands into Exercise

Advice on integrating physical activity habits into everyday routines, featuring an interview with Dr Benjamin Gardner (New York Times, USA; August 2023)

Breaking bad (habits). Briefing Magazine

by Dr Pippa Lally, June 2023

Want your New Year's resolutions to last more than three weeks?

Featuring Dr Phillippa Lally, GQ (UK), January 2023

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How the pandemic broke, then remade, our habits.

Featuring Dr Benjamin Gardner, Financial Times (UK), April 2021

University of Surrey News

What does it take to make a new habit stick?

Featuring Dr Benjamin Gardner, The Economist (UK), November 2020

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Five ways to form a good habit that sticks

Featuring Dr Phillippa Lally, The Guardian (UK), August 2019

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Achievement unlocked! Use science to keep your new year’s resolutions

Featuring Dr Benjamin Gardner, The Observer (UK), December 2015

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Habits: Why we have them and how to break them

By Dr Benjamin Gardner, The Observer (UK), October 2013