Psyche Magazine

Contrary to classic habit science, certain behaviours never become easy. Recognising this can help you stick with them. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover...

The desert acted as a mirror that seemed to say: you are like me – harsh, inventive, and full of life. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowled...

Faced with the pain of grief, it’s tempting to reach for words of comfort, but Yiyun Li showed me how little they offer. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover...

Knowledge doesn’t only reside in books and lectures. As Bertrand Russell observed, there’s also ‘knowledge by acquaintance’. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will disc...

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. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology...

Amid the pounding bass, ravers achieve a transcendence long associated with sacred practices. Neuroscience explains how. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover...

Staying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourself. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover pra...

In the therapy room, I’ve seen how rethinking what we are – and what it means to ‘be dead’ – can lighten our fears. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover prac...

We all make wrong decisions, but if you’re a ‘maximiser’ rather than a ‘satisficer’, the regret hurts all the more. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover prac...

The complex changes of dementia and legal concepts like ‘lucid intervals’ show why patients and families must plan ahead. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discove...

Researchers analysed how much romantic partners agree about their personal characteristics – and where they agree most. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover...

When is a typically celebrated practice – working out – more like an addiction? Researchers have found some patterns. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover pr...

I knew I was committing a small social crime. But we hadn’t truly been friends for a long time. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and...

Screen-based life is deadening. Try some simple adventures and exercises to reconnect with the world’s sensory richness. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover...

I’d lived through two eras: pre and post OCD diagnosis. Nothing prepared me for what the third era held. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowl...

By curating your family’s stories, rituals and relics, you’ll feel anchored – and create a bridge between the generations. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discov...

A new book examines the benefits of chatting with people we don’t know – from mood boosts to a greater sense of belonging. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discov...

The ineffable in music resides in the gap between saying and not saying. Music neither states nor conceals. It hints. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover pr...

From coping with hot flushes to understanding brain fog, there’s plenty you can do to help yourself through menopause. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover p...

I hate talk of resilience: it places an expectation on people to return to how they were. That’s not how real recovery works. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will dis...

For years I watched people through cameras and screens, filling in the blanks and calling it truth. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge...

It’s easy to denounce ‘reality shifting’ as a shared delusion. But there is value in making the world feel unfamiliar. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover p...

You have to sit down somewhere, unhurried and unbothered, to really hear yourself. But where?. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and i...

Beyond setting the record straight, a successful political apology must be part of a larger, ongoing commitment. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practic...

There’s a way of responding to threats that involves appeasement. Recognising this has helped me stop people-pleasing. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover p...