Holocaust survivor Ervin Staub: how to stop evil taking root https://t.co/eeZwiKInQ4 The latest and very moving Psyche Portrait. Ervin Staub survived the Holocaust as a child. As a psychologist, he spent a lifetime asking how cruelty takes hold – and whether kindness can, too
How to be defiant https://t.co/FnUZ1GEskU By @ProfSunitaSah Staying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourself
How to navigate your menopause https://t.co/kCJj5tqBkM by clinical neuropsychologist Caroline Gurvich & provisional psychologist Rachel Furey. From coping w/ hot flushes to understanding brain fog, there’s plenty you can do to help yourself through menopause @psyche_the_mag
True resilience is not about bouncing back https://t.co/JynfaxDyAL I hate talk of resilience: it places an expectation on people to return to how they were. That’s not how real recovery works. New Psyche Idea by Philip T Starks @TuftsUniversity@psyche_the_mag
How to practise a musical instrument https://t.co/LucfwJ6SOw New Psyche Guide by @craig_ogden@psyche_the_mag Everything that involves skill requires practice. Use the AIR method – awareness, isolation, repetition – to improve
Why it’s so hard to agree on what counts as true https://t.co/r1PyNAWBkZ New research has mapped people’s contrasting conceptions of the truth. No wonder so many arguments feel irresolvable
Try seeing your personality as dimensional https://t.co/jKkSJBKQUF First Psyche Note to Self by @a_e_arthur@psyche_the_mag I recently learned the distinction between seeing personality in terms of types vs traits – the latter is liberating
If we avoid sadness in life, why do we seek it in art? https://t.co/ShXE0gfuh4 New Psyche Idea by Tara Venkatesan @UMG Philosophers and psychologists have puzzled over the allure of tragic art. New findings show how sadness can be a comfort
Why chatbot therapists can’t offer what we need https://t.co/ZxNaJuUSk8 Today’s world is fuelling a craving to be truly seen by another – and that’s exactly what AI therapists can’t ever deliver. Psyche Idea by Wasseem El Sarraj @psyche_the_mag
The capacity to be alone depends on the sense of being held https://t.co/m73k5hGuOu The overwhelm of grief and parenthood showed me what psychoanalysis assumes – we need to be held to feel safe in solitude. Psyche Idea by Elizabeth Burns Dyer @psyche_the_mag
A common misunderstanding about genetics https://t.co/iwIbf7gUfo New Note Self by @ProfAMGregory for Psyche. People’s misunderstanding of terms like ‘heritability’ shows how important it is to communicate science carefully
How to reconnect with your inner child: https://t.co/S39Ilwztfu The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing. New Psyche Guide by psychotherapist Nickan Arzpeyma
How to reclaim your attention: https://t.co/CRAmjMoz4n By @YousriMarzouki for @psyche_the_mag Psychological minimalism is a way to clarify your life by cutting the mental noise from your environment and routines