Guilt is one of the most powerful emotional tools people use to control others, often without shouting or obvious threats.

Some mind games are loud: emotional blackmail, guilt-tripping, shouting matches. But the really dangerous ones are the quiet ones you don’t even notice until you start doubting yourself. In ...

Your ‘annoying’ habits and personality quirks might be superpowers in disguise. Here’s how you can harness them.

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 ...

Let’s be honest: overthinking is exhausting. You plan, replay, rewind, overanalyze every word, every silence, every missed call and unread message. You pretend it's logic, strategy, caution, but deep ...

I’ve never watched the show Mad Men, but I don’t need the full context of the show to know how powerful the following exchange must have been: Michael: “I feel bad for you.” Don: “I don’t think about ...

Vrindavan's revered saint, Shri Premanand Ji Maharaj, advocates for controlling the restless mind through chanting the holy ...