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BAD HABITS CANBEHEALTHY

Are you a nail biter? Prone to daydreaming? Or love a bit of gossip, perhaps? We all have our bad habits that often can make us feel guilty. ‘The definition of a good habit is a behaviour that is beneficial to your physical or mental wellbeing, such as regular exercise or eating your five a day. So by implication, bad habits aren’t beneficial,’ says hypnotherapist and occupational psychologist Jivan Dempsey (jivandempsey.com). But, in reality, some of

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