You can learn self-control by relying on your support system, being flexible and creating a burden-free environment.

Small wins, repeated daily, beat bursts of motivation. Here are 8 quiet habits that build unshakeable self-control—and ...

People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

Mindfulness is a strategy of calming the mind and the sense of being aware of what our mind is doing in the present moment (Epstein, 2018). Here are 7 lessons mindfulness can teach about improving ...

I know it’s not the most pleasant activity, but think for a second about your worst habits, dumbest decisions, and most nagging regrets (go on, experts insist it’s good for you). Some of those ...

Psychologist Susan Pinker explores new discoveries in the science of human nature. Read previous columns here. In the early 1980s, a group of psychologists, led by Richard Tremblay of the University ...

Self-control—or the ability to manage one's impulses, emotions, and behaviors to achieve long-term goals—is what separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom. Self-control is primarily rooted ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 20: Shoppers walk past a store advertising sales on Schlossstrasse shopping street in Steglitz district during the fourth wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic on December ...