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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

‘Shadow’ is the term used by Carl Gustav Jung to refer to those aspects of yourself that you do not like or want to be associated with. You might even refuse to acknowledge them as being a part of you ...

To be liked by others is often treated as a paramount aim. The quest for social approval begins in childhood, and it continues in a range of ways throughout the lifespan as people try to find their ...

My friend Greta gives the most amazing pep talks. She starts by asking you, ‘What’s the title of your pep talk?’ And after you tell her the title – anything from ‘You feel like you’re stagnating, but ...

Christopher M Elias is assistant professor of history at the American University in Cairo and the author of Gossip Men: J Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn and the Politics of Insinuation (2021).