{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Your Brain On... New Year\u2019s Resolutions","description":"On New Year\u2019s Eve, we experience feelings of joy, sadness, thankfulness, regret, and nostalgia, as our brains recall episodic moments from the past 12 months. Surges of dopamine mix with our aspirations, forming resolutions. As we count down to the new year, we\u2019re full of excitement and hope. But most of us don\u2019t manage to stick to our new year\u2019s resolutions beyond January. In this episode of Your Brain On, we discuss the neuroscience and psychology of: \u2022 Why new year\u2019s resolutions so often fail \u2022 How we can keep our new year\u2019s resolutions, with science-backed techniques \u2022 Whether new years are good starting points for forming new habits We\u2019re joined by Dr. Phillippa Lally, a Senior Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Surrey in the UK, and our friend Howard Jacobson, an expert in the mechanics of behavior change. \u2018Your Brain On\u2019 is a brand new podcast from hosts Ayesha and Dean Sherzai. We\u2019re excited to preview this first episode here on Brain Health Revolution. We\u2019ll share more about our new upcoming show soon. ","author_name":"The Brain Health Revolution Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/sherzaiMD.com","html":"