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Understanding and Training Self-Control

12min Originals

5.0 (19 ratings)
6 mins

For a long time, calm was treated as a personality trait — you either had it or you did not. The neuroscience of the past two decades shows the opposite. Regulating emotions is a skill, with an identifiable brain circuit and measurable effects on health, decisions, and relationships.

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There is a four-second technique that can change how you react in traffic, at work, and at home. It has a name, neuroscientific grounding, and shows up in serious clinical protocols. Today's Radar explains how the brain learns not to explode.

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