Just exert a little self-control, you tell yourself. But it’s so hard! People frequently think of self-control as something ...

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 ...

We all want to master self-control. To say no to distractions, to break bad habits, and to stay focused on what truly matters. Yet, how many times have you felt like your willpower just isn’t enough?

In a now-famous experiment published in the Journal of Consumer Research, Baba Shiv and Alexander Fedorikhin asked students to choose between chocolate cake or a healthy fruit salad. Prior to that, ...

Your inability to control undesired or impulsive behavior might not be a matter of willpower, but of perception and belief. A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ...

These are comments I might get when people learn about my lifestyle. I’m one of those annoying people who eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise five times a week, save a portion of their salary, ...

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’ ...

Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Self-control has long ...