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The Habit Trap

By Markham Heid
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What if your habits weren’t helping you—but holding you back? We live in a world obsessed with habits—morning routines, step counts, meal plans, productivity hacks. But what if our relentless focus on optimisation is doing more harm than good? In The Habit Trap, award-winning health and... Read More
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What if your habits weren’t helping you—but holding you back?

Start the New Year off right for 2027 with this highly anticipated self-help book on how our obsession with habits and routines is holding us back

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What if your habits weren’t helping you—but holding you back?

We live in a world obsessed with habits—morning routines, step counts, meal plans, productivity hacks. But what if our relentless focus on optimisation is doing more harm than good?

In The Habit Trap, award-winning health and science journalist Markham Heid explores the hidden downsides of our habit-obsessed culture. Drawing on two decades of science reporting and a wide body of psychological and neuroscientific research, he reveals how even good habits can limit creativity, dull motivation, and trap us in unfulfilling cycles.

Heid doesn’t call for chaos, but for flexibility—arguing that variety, spontaneity, and imperfection are not signs of failure, but essential ingredients for long-term growth and wellbeing. Part manifesto, part practical guide, The Habit Trap invites readers to question the narratives they've been sold about structure and control—and find freedom in the unexpected.

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ISBN: 9780008764364

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 February 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HQ

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Markham Heid is an award-winning health and science journalist whose work has appeared in TIME, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Men's Health, and more. He is one of the most-read writers on Medium, with over 360,000 followers and a devoted readership that values his insightful, accessible takes on wellbeing and performance. The Habit Trap is his first book.

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