There are many ways you can learn how to stop biting your nails.

Here are seven methods you can incorporate into your efforts to quit nail biting. You will find many of these suggestions  discussed in greater detail in the How to Stop Nail Biting book, (which is now available on Kindle):

1. Groom your nails - If your nails are bitten, ugly and chewed up, you probably are demotivated to spend time grooming them. This is completely wrong. It is always important to learn proper manicure and grooming treatment for your nails. It is imperative in the early stages. Doing this regularly helps you start thinking about your nails in a positive manner. Having the right attitude helps you strengthen your resolve to quit and not go back. Get the right tools to make job easier. Here is a link to nail care tool you can use.

2. Keep your hands busy - Idle time is the devil’s playground, so the saying goes. Well the same is true for nail biting. If you are occupied, you are less prone to casually biting your nails. If you bite while watching television, or at some other relaxed time, make sure you have something you can hold to keep your hands busy. Worry beads, rubber squeeze balls, exer-grips, et cetera. A good example and wonderful recommeded product is the ZON Hand Massage Ball. Or, you can try knitting or pick up some worry beads like these on this beautiful Round Lapis Bead Bracelet.

3. Work on your will power - It takes more than will power to quit for good, but without it you have no chance to quit in the first place. Work on quitting something else, or changing another aspect of your life. Determine to do something routinely and then do it routinely. Something you have never done before. Like take a walk for lunch. Replace dessert with a piece of fruit. It sounds like you are making things harder to take on something else. What it is doing is exercising your will power. The more confidence you have in achieving one thing will help you with the other, and you get a double benefit of overall personal improvement.

4. Understand your trigger - You need to know the psychology and physiology of your biting rituals. They are far more complex than you imagine. Much of what leads to nail biting is done on a nearly subconscious level. Begin to understand what those rituals are so you can identify them and develop alternate means to divert and re-route your ritual to something not destructive to your nails.

5. Practice your avoidance techniques - Avoidance techniques are more than rubber bands, mantras, or bitter polish. These involve neuro-linguistic programming, which is described on Wikipedia as: Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is an approach to psychotherapy and organizational change based on "a model of interpersonal communication chiefly concerned with the relationship between successful patterns of behavior and the subjective experiences (esp. patterns of thought) underlying them" and "a system of alternative therapy based on this which seeks to educate people in self-awareness and effective communication, and to change their patterns of mental and emotional behavior.

6. Visualize your grown nails – Most successful people use visualization techniques to help them train their body and mind on what to do and how to do things in a certain way so they get the best results. A skier might imagine every turn on the slope, a golfer every hole and shot on a course, a salesman presenting a product, asking for the business and closing the sale. Your job is to visualize your great looking nails and the proud feeling you have when you use your hands in front of people instead of self-consciously and sometimes awkwardly trying to avoid letting others see the product of your nail biting habit.

7. Diet and exercise - Getting enough calcium is essential to help for nail biters whose fingernails are brittle and with chewed ragged cuticles. Calcium is recommended for dieters as well. Many doctors recommend a daily intake of 1200 mg. Besides improving your fingernail health, you get the side benefit of helping to strengthen your bones.  Some herbs that include silica in them are horsetail, oatstraw, and nettle. Silica is a substance shown to strengthen fingernails. Your nails are made up of keratin. Make sure you are getting adequate amounts of amino acid, vitamin C, vitamin E and biotin in combination. Ridges in your nails can be eliminated or lessened by regular use of vitamin B. Zinc deficiency can lead to white spots on the nail. It is common in many women to see a drop in their zinc levels just before a menstrual period. Exercise is beneficial on its own merit. Regular exercise, as mentioned in the section on will power, leads to an improved sense of your well being and your overall health. The better you feel about yourself, the more likely you are to be truly determined to stop nail biting.

If you want to get an idea of the content in How to Stop Nail Biting can help you conquer your nailbiting habit, Click Here to download Chapter Two for free!