Physical and emotional wellness and balanced living—not depriving yourself of the things you want but, at the same time, not overindulging—are goals most people strive for but sometimes have ...

Let’s review five under-appreciated signs that someone (perhaps you) is a self-disciplined person. Ill-disciplined people ...

You want that new video game so badly, but you’re trying to knock your credit card balance down. Or you’re binging your favorite TV show and can’t wait to find out if a character lives, but it’s late, ...

Nicole McDermott has worked in the creative content space for the last decade as a writer, editor and director. Her work has been featured on TIME Healthland, Prevention, Shape, USA Today, HuffPost, ...

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 ...

Self-control has long been regarded as one of the strongest predictors of success. Most of us can picture that colleague who never misses a deadline, volunteers for extra projects and keeps everything ...

Every weekday, I try to carve out 30 minutes or so to jog around my neighborhood. Between the hours of 9 to 6, I am essentially tied to the desk in my home office. I consider these daily outings short ...

Self-care can range from physical activities like taking a warm bath, to social activities like catching up with friends, to mental activities like taking a break. Self-care involves conscious ...

Self-control research has primarily focused on self-control as an individual struggle, viewing it as either an intrapersonal mechanism, personality trait, temperament, or cognitive ability. However, ...

We have many avenues to distract us from our goals. Whether it is social media, the latest celebrity gossip or the phones in our pockets, modern society has built engaging systems for our ...

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek mythology. Sailing home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus longed to hear the Sirens’ ...

Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed and evaluated a new eight-week training program that enables psychology trainees to effectively learn cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) by ...