In my last piece, Dr. Jane Anderson, a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Francisco, explained how important it is for parents to be authority figures for their children. Authoritative parents ...

Self-control is the foundation of success, discipline, and effective decision-making. It helps you stay focused, resist distractions, and achieve long-term goals with consistency. Without self-control ...

When life leaves you feeling out of control, there's power in setting positive affirmations. These short statements may seem fairly innocuous at first, but according to psychology, they're actually ...

Affirmations are a self-help strategy used to promote self-confidence and belief in your own abilities. You’ve probably affirmed yourself without even realizing it by telling yourself things like: ...

Whether you’re feeling proud of yourself after a major accomplishment or feeling down on yourself after a day when you can’t seem to get it right, the way you talk to yourself matters. That’s the idea ...

According to cognitive neuroscientists, 95 percent of brain activity is beyond our conscious awareness. That means our daily experiences are largely affected by unconscious beliefs, attitudes, and ...