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 ...

Losing weight is extremely difficult because high-calorie, delicious food is very accessible. Despite best intentions, it’s common to wind up overeating. These setbacks can be frustrating and ...

Highlighting summer's enhanced opportunities for healthy behavior has become a tradition for this column. In keeping with tradition, here is my annual installment – one that zeroes in on the core ...

Self-control can feel like a rare superpower in a world full of distractions, temptations, and constant noise. These distractions can look like having an urge to scroll endlessly, holding back an ...

The first and most important step towards mastering self-control is to recognize what feelings and situations lead to you, losing control. It can be subjective and unique to every individual, but some ...

You can talk about self-control as the capacity to override impulses, resist temptations, and overturn dominant responses, to advance long-term over short-term goals, and to develop efficient, ...

The way we can control ourselves has a lot to do with the way people perceive us. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Personality & Social Psychology suggests that people who ...