For many who are chronically connected, a break from tech sounds appealing. Research is uncovering when and how it helps ...

is an English teacher who’s interested in the stories people tell themselves and what those reveal. After years of exploring different kinds of therapy, she found an unlikely source of insight in an ...

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Have you ever had a decent conversation in a lift? If not, join the club – being in a lift with a stranger is a universally awkward experience. One reason is the typical duration of a lift journey – ...

I brought my newborn to visit a hospice patient. It took me far from what I’d thought medicine was ...

What if you couldn’t picture anything in your mind – no sunset, no loved one’s face, not even an apple? This inability to ‘see’ mental images is known as aphantasia, and although it affects roughly 3 ...

Filmed for the BBC series Face to Face in 1959, this archival interview features Carl Jung surveying his life and extraordinarily influential career at the age of 84, just two years before his death.

As much as people struggle with not knowing, we live in an uncertain world – and there are advantages to embracing that Think of the last time you felt uncertain about something important. Maybe you ...

Dr Pia Callesen is a therapist and metacognitive specialist, managing several clinics in Denmark and providing metacognitive therapy online in English. She has a PhD from Manchester University and ...

Small talk – those fleeting conversations with someone you don’t know well, or are meeting for the first time – is few people’s favourite thing, and many people’s least favourite thing. But, as Matt ...

Gill Johnson is an independent mindfulness teacher registered with BAMBA (the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches, formerly the UK Network of Mindfulness Teachers), as well as a ...

It’s not wrong to wonder whether your therapist is helping – it could be a useful signal. Here’s what to do next ...