Self-harm or self-injury means hurting yourself on purpose. One common method is cutting with a sharp object. But any time someone deliberately hurts themself is classified as self-harm. Some people ...

Ever feel like your life is out of your hands? With the speed of life and everything that comes our way, it’s easy to feel stuck and powerless. But here’s the secret: You can take back control any ...

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 ...

In the epic Mahabharata, while Arjuna is notable as a great archer, he is more importantly a metaphor of concentration, ...

What’s the best way to learn or to teach something new? A few recent studies suggest some surprising twists on the received wisdom. Speakers, teachers, and leaders take note. First, and perhaps most ...

Political pundits would have a much easier job if they started predicting Americans’ stress levels instead of the outcome of the presidential election. No margin of ...