My father absent, a farmer showed me what it was to be a man | Psyche Turning Points
Psycheby Zeno Franco8 Sept 2026
In my teens, my mother was finally able to buy a house. It was out on old Highway 38, the back way up the mountain to Big Bear.
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top 87%Is it morally wrong to not take care of yourself? | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Laura K Soter & Fan Yang7 Sept 2026
Have you ever felt guilty for how you treated yourself? Maybe you promised yourself you would work towards some goal and you failed to do so, or you continued to feed yourself unhealthy food, or...
The absence of presence and the presence of absence | Psyche Notes to Self
Psycheby Nigel Warburton4 Sept 2026
The absence of presence Mindfulness experts tell us to be present and experience whatever is in front of us. Take a raisin, observe its wrinkles, smell it, taste it carefully in a conscious mode.
Why you should try living without free will for two weeks | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Tara-Lyn Camilleri3 Sept 2026
You’re driving in heavy traffic when you hear the screech of tyres, followed by a thud. You glance to the lane beside you and see that a black sedan has just slammed into the back of a silver SUV.
Logistics underpins power – and logistics is female | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Susan Zieger1 Sept 2026
‘It’s logistics.’ I often use this common phrase when planning and coordinating my everyday life.
DJ William Goldsmith on the human art of internet radio | Psyche Portraits
Psycheby Greg Easley31 Aug 2026
William Goldsmith wasn’t sure why he’d signed up for a music theory course. As a teenager, he wrote songs as a hobby, without much ambition.
You’re sure that society is spiralling and we’re all doomed. Now what? | Psyche Videos
Psycheby Psyche Video20 Aug 2026
From the climate crisis, to the breakneck pace of technological change, to the threat of further pandemics, there’s no shortage of reasons you could find to throw up your hands and proclaim ‘the...
How to rediscover your purpose later in life | Psyche Guides
Psycheby Denise Taylor20 Aug 2026
is a chartered psychologist and author of 10 books, including ThriveSpan: Walking Gently Into What Matters Now (2026).
Arabic has four words for sadness. Philosophy explains why | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Chereen Shurafa19 Aug 2026
As a PhD student researching mental health data among Arabic speakers, much of my time is spent analysing how they talk about emotional experience.
The grief and fragile hope of deciding to freeze my eggs | Psyche Turning Points
Psycheby Matilda Hay18 Aug 2026
My mum got married at 27, then had her first child, me, when she was 32. I always thought I’d have children at that age too.
It’s not too late to strengthen your ties to nature | Psyche Notes to Self
Psycheby Hannah Seo18 Aug 2026
Growing up, I always admired my grandmother’s relationship with plants. Every spare inch of her small backyard was used to grow vegetables and herbs for her kitchen, including medicinal Asian...
To make better memories, prioritise high peaks and happy endings | Psyche Videos
Psycheby Psyche Video17 Aug 2026
The ‘peak-end rule’ is a psychological heuristic which holds that, in retrospect, people’s impressions of events tend to be judged by their most intense point (their ‘peak’) and their conclusion...
Sometimes, the road to virtue comes by way of vice | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Sabrina B Little17 Aug 2026
Imagine you want to improve your character. You are a bit irresolute and would like to be able to persevere on tasks.
Talking to yourself isn’t just normal – it can be beneficial | Psyche Videos
Psycheby Psyche Video13 Aug 2026
When adults talk to themselves aloud, it’s sometimes stigmatised or considered a sign of mental distress.
Writing letters is a spiritual practice for our age of speed | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein13 Aug 2026
Before a long trip, my father would often hand me a white envelope with my name written on the front. ‘Do not open it until you land,’ he’d insist.
The deep satisfaction of doing work that lasts | Psyche Notes to Self
Psycheby Matt Huston13 Aug 2026
Among the factors that make for a good life, some psychologists argue that ‘mattering’, or feeling like you make some difference in your world, is key – it’s been linked to mental health and the...
How acting in a surreal play in my pyjamas healed my heartache | Psyche Turning Points
Psycheby Melissa Matthewson12 Aug 2026
Though I dabbled in theatre as a teenager, even once playing a thief alongside Will Ferrell (before he was the Will Ferrell) at a repertory theatre in southern California, I consider myself an...
Why do crowds make our emotional experiences more intense? | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby John Drury11 Aug 2026
You’re in the crowd at the cup final, supporting your football team, when your side suddenly scores.
Whimsy and tragedy exist side by side in Liliana Porter’s art | Psyche Videos
Psycheby Psyche Video10 Aug 2026
Set in her home and studio in Rhinebeck, New York, this short documentary by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) follows the Argentinian-born artist Liliana Porter as she talks about her prolific...
How to think like a Hegelian | Psyche Guides
Psycheby Jeffrey Reid10 Aug 2026
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is a notoriously difficult thinker, and students sometimes ask me how I came to be interested in his philosophy, which I have now been studying and writing about for...