The brain is a complex organ that regulates everything you do. It sends and receives chemical and electrical signals through the body that control and coordinate thought, memory, emotion, ...

Many of us have our special ways of dealing with our feelings and emotions. For instance, when we are feeling stressed, we might calm our nerves by focusing attention on our breathing. If we have a ...

When I taught “Introduction to Psychology,” we covered four main goals of psychology: to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). The idea of control is ultimately self ...

Shadow work is the process of exploring the unconscious reasons behind your feelings or behaviors, particularly uncomfortable emotions that seem out of character or beyond your control. For example, ...

Your mind starts connecting dots when you commit to the rule. You will begin to notice patterns in your own habits, at home ...

Here’s how I think about mental strength: Mental strength is the ability to control your mind instead of being controlled by it. For example: Instead of getting sucked into spirals of self-criticism ...

In a world that demands clarity and perfection in every choice, many of us find ourselves at a standstill. Overthinking. Avoiding. Second-guessing. What if there was a different way?