Charlotte Hastings is a psychodynamic counsellor trained in systemic family therapy, with a background in anthropology, teaching and parenting. She presents the podcast Kitchen Sessions, teaches ...

is a clinical psychologist based in Philadelphia, US. Her poetry, essays and feature articles have been published by The New ...

Though relationships are grounded in shared memories, some gaps and inaccuracies can help us live well in a social world ...

It’s not just youth’s happy memories that have a special weight Mixed in with the highly memorable rites of growing up are more troubling highlights. But these, too, can have enduring value by ...

Sometimes, when I’m grappling with a tricky topic, I pretend that I need to explain it to a child. For example, here is my attempt at explaining the purpose of this Guide to a notional nine-year-old: ...

Research with transgender people sheds light on the memory processes that allow any of us to navigate periods of change ...

Clanking cowboys, hard-working women and fighting dogs populate the landscape of an Aboriginal artist’s childhood ...

Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why ...

A magazine to help you understand your self and live well ...

A magazine to help you understand your self and live well ...

My child grew into a new version of himself – as all children do – and I wondered about my new role. Anger helped me grasp it ...