Psyche Magazine

Runners, yogis and others claim weed improves their routines. Curious, I looked at the research and gave it a go myself. 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...

Delivering sincere compliments is a skill you can learn – and, done well, it’s an easy way to spread more joy in the world. 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 disco...

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 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 disco...

Her science revealed that trees look after one another in the forest. Now, Suzanne Simard says, the only way to save the Earth is to put Indigenous ecological knowledge first. 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 philos...

My husband was in crisis and our home faced wildfire. When it came, I saw the cost of holding the line. 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 knowle...

Use AI thoughtlessly and it dulls your mind. But with a strategic approach and the right prompts, it can be a powerful tool. 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...

The overwhelm of grief and parenthood showed me what psychoanalysis assumes – we need to be held to feel safe in solitude. 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...

Is it normal fear you’re feeling, or is it a real problem? Learn the signs of phobias and how to break free from one. 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...

Counterfactual history explores what could’ve been: the paths not taken. What do we gain by applying this to our own lives?. 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...

A psychologist tried to downgrade my diagnosis. My life – and the science – prove how wrong he was. 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...

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

Renaissance artists paid uncommon attention to Jesus’ nether regions. What does this breach in modesty reveal about art?. 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...

Some people watch history pass by. Others high in ‘historical consciousness’ truly live it – and seem to benefit as a result. 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...

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

Fear protects us from future harm, so what’s going on when we find ourselves scared of what’s already happened?. 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...

By getting thoughts out of your head and on to a page, you can become the author of your own life, one small page at a 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 disc...

Research is uncovering the way music can calm the brain and there are techniques to help you amplify its emotional power. 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...

When I was six, I met my sister: her quiet question sparked a bond that took us from foster agency to home. 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 kn...

Psychologists are discovering what’s going on when you do something you enjoy, but also feel weird or embarrassed about. 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...

As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark. 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 disco...

People’s misunderstanding of terms like ‘heritability’ shows how important it is to communicate science carefully. 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 pract...

The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing. 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...

You couldn’t love a clone of someone the same way you loved the original. But why? And what does this reveal about love?. 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...

When a weed-infused treat put me in a psychological tailspin, it reshaped what I knew about fear. 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 an...

Unable to handle uncertainty, AI mimics the narcissistic compulsion to fill voids with plausible but false narratives. 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...