Psyche4dOpinion
Reflections on mortality can help you live well now – here’s how
For me and many others, contemplating death has clarified what matters. These curiosity-based exercises will get you started ...
Psyche2d
A wool puppet’s stirring journey from safety into the great unknown
In this exquisite stop-motion animation crafted from wood and wool, an anxious puppet journeys into the foggy unknown ...
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The shame felt in addiction often isn’t toxic – it’s healing
is James B Duke Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Neurobiology emeritus at Duke University in North Carolina. He lives in Durham, North Carolina and Brooklin, Maine. He ...
Psyche12dOpinion
What if your worry problem is really a planning problem?
Clinicians have long recognised the link between worry and planning. New research asks what this means for managing anxiety ...
Psyche13dOpinion
In therapy or meditation, is it normal to feel worse at first?
A ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality might make sense when striving for change – but don’t confuse discomfort and distress ...
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How small creatures helped James connect with the human-scale world
I always thought I could be an asocial primate. I cannot.’ How microbes helped James connect with the human-scale world ...
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For a happier life, we must balance two old psychological needs
is an evolutionary social psychologist with broad interests in how the recurrent challenges of our distant past help us understand our motivational states today. He is the author of The Social Leap ...