A trip to the telescopes of the Atacama Desert led me to research showing the benefits of feeling connected to the night sky ...

How did the most influential friendship in the history of psychoanalysis fall apart? The historic break-up of Freud and Jung ...

It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble. It’s the things we know that ain’t so. – quotation from the 19th century, likely apocryphal The year was 1993 and, aged 16, I was ...

is a licensed professional clinical counsellor who specialises in treating OCD and anxiety disorders. He is based in ...

What’s it like for a blind person to run a marathon? Living the punk ethos he was raised on, Phil is set on finding out ...

Struggling to change in the ways we want to is a common human experience. Many of the practical steps required aren’t easy or fun. This makes motivation a challenge. No matter our excuses – not enough ...

At university, many people talk about their procrastination; they’ll joke: ‘Have you heard about the procrastination conference? It was postponed – again!’ In academia and beyond, procrastination is ...

The reality of how painful a broken heart could be first hit me many years ago. I know the term we use is heartbroken but, when my relationship ended, I just felt broken, punched in the gut. I had ...

For most people, experiencing just a few of these does not reflect an addiction to social media. However, the behaviour may still be problematic, in one or more of these ways, to the extent that it’s ...

Living a moral life often comes with costs. Recent studies clarify whether joy and satisfaction are among them ...

What do you see when you stare in the mirror? I don’t ask this as a philosophical question, more a literal one. Do you like the way you look? Do you immediately notice flaws – a nose you wish was ...

An 80-year-old botanist and poet reflects on her life and work in this contemplative portrait of discovery and loss ...