138. From the Archives: 15 Habits That Are Silently Destroying Your Health

About this episode

This episode revisits a Harvard-backed analysis of 15 micro habits that can negatively affect your health.

In this episode, we are revisiting an old favorite: a Harvard-backed breakdown of 15 “micro habits” that quietly sabotage your health without you even realizing it. These aren’t big, dramatic mistakes. They’re the tiny patterns that seem harmless in the moment, but stack up over time — and can impact your stress levels, hormones, digestion, energy, sleep, mood, and even weight loss. If you’ve been saying things like “I’m tired all the time,” “my brain feels foggy,” “I’m doing the right things...

People in this episode

Host: Tiffany Wickes

Topics covered

• health
• micro habits
• wellness
• stress
• digestion
• energy
• sleep

Keywords

• health habits
• micro habits
• stress levels
• hormones
• digestion
• energy
• sleep
• mood
• weight loss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard

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