recommendation
Healing

Internal vs. External Locus of Control

Taking responsibility and agency in your life is the first step.
Pete White
9:08
Watch

Listen to this article
0:00 / 0:00

Where can we find more freedom? More contentment and fulfillment in our life? 

Someone with an external locus of control might find themselves in these positions:

  • Understand themselves as not connected to resources to get them out of a position
  • See themselves in a place of victimhood
  • Often looking for a way forward they can't seem to find
  • Fear and lack of ownership in relationships
  • Unsure of who has control over the situation of theri life

An internal locus of control

  • Clairty on their agency or responsibilty
  • Able to find ways to make change in their life
  • Understand their role in their existence
  • Trustworthy in relational terms because they do take responsiblity for their actions and mistakes
  • Takes ownership over their happiness

To move forward in more freedom in life, more agency, more control over the path of your life, we must begin to move through life with an internal locus of control.

Sign up for our newsletter and receive resources to help you on your journey of discovering deeper meaning, purpose and lasting joy.  

Thank you for subscribing.

Watch your inbox, we’ve got some encouragement coming your way.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form, please refresh and try again.
Related resources
5 min
Read
recommendation
A reflection on human dignity & respect
Grace can break the cycle, discover the power of dignity, love, and a second chance.
6:36
Watch
recommendation
What to Do if Your Inner Voice is Cruel
Rewiring repeated negative thoughts.
7 min
Watch
recommendation
3 Ways People Stay Stuck in Failing Patterns
Knowing how your brain works could unlock you from habits you want to kick.
Read
recommendation
Could Anxiety be Telling Me Something?
What if our anxiety is pointing to something deeper?
Watch
recommendation
The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Creating a life that doesn't leave you left at the end of yourself.
6:24
Watch
recommendation
A Neuroscientist’s Guide to Reclaiming your Brain
Your deeply rooted beliefs could be limiting your potential.
17
Watch
recommendation
Metacognition: The Skill That Lets You Manage Any Emotion
Interpreting the signs and signals of your emotions.
8
Watch
recommendation
How The Body Keeps the Score on Trauma
Unlocking the impulses in us that we're still trying to make sense of.
5:41
Watch
recommendation
Hitting Rock Bottom
What hope is there when I get to the end of myself?
3:09
Watch
recommendation
Path to Freedom
If responsibility is a gift, what then is the path to freedom?
3 min
Read
recommendation
Why is forgiveness important?
Forgiveness is not about letting go for our sake alone — it’s about choosing love in the face of pain. It’s about restoring what’s broken, even when justice is still unfolding. True forgiveness costs us something — pride, control, even safety — but it also sets us free to love again, and become whole.
Book
recommendation
Get your life back
A practical guide to recovering peace, clarity, and connection with God in the chaos of modern life.