Albert Bandura identified self-efficacy as the dominant self-perception shaping action, effort, and achievement. In music education, researchers have identified a positive relationship between ...

How do you feel when you face a challenging situation? Do you feel self-confident and believe you have whatever it takes to succeed, or do you doubt your ability to tackle the task ahead of you? The ...

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first person ever to run the mile in under four minutes. Before this, doctors, exercise experts and physiologists said unequivocally that it was impossible ...

Last month I wrote about answering the question, “How are you doing NOW?” To recap, I spoke about the need for healthcare to find the secret sauce again in a psychological capacity. I believe, and the ...

Healthy eating — and learning how to actively make those choices — is part of the experience of self kids can develop early on. It can help teach vital skills about self-management, self-awareness and ...

Belief makes champions out of an ordinary group of individuals—like the little train that could! While that story is fictional, its message couldn't be more real. Every once in a while, an underdog ...

Emotions are complicated things. Researchers have found some differences between men and women, but basically the same factors play the biggest part in whether we feel good about ourselves. “We ...