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We relaunched Psyche magazine! psyche.co

A common misunderstanding about genetics psyche.co/notes-to-self/… New Note Self by @ProfAMGregory for Psyche. People’s misunderstanding of terms like ‘heritability’ shows how important it is to communicate science carefully

How to reconnect with your inner child: psyche.co/guides/how-to-… The experiences you had as a child influence your emotional life as an adult. Recognising these dynamics can be healing. New Psyche Guide by psychotherapist Nickan Arzpeyma

Finding solace in Murderbot psyche.co/notes-to-self/… My latest 'Note to Self' for Psyche magazine @psyche_the_mag

How to reclaim your attention: psyche.co/guides/how-to-… By @YousriMarzouki for @psyche_the_mag Psychological minimalism is a way to clarify your life by cutting the mental noise from your environment and routines

Science, serendipity and a new era for schizophrenia treatment psyche.co/ideas/science-… By Jeremy Hall for Psyche magazine. Drug treatments for schizophrenia have barely changed in 70 years, but a mix of chance and ingenuity offers fresh hope

“…these middle-grounds can be oppressive if we really don’t know where to go, or they can be liberating if we recognise our in-betweenness or neutrality as an opportunity to act without being bound to expectations…” psyche.co/ideas/why-we-s…

How to network when you’re socially anxious psyche.co/guides/how-to-… New Psyche Guide by @FallonRGoodman Do networking events fill you with dread? Here’s how to manage your fears, show up, and take advantage of the opportunities

Spirituality can’t be reduced to what’s happening in the brain psyche.co/ideas/spiritua… New Psyche Idea. Seeing the ‘mind’ as extending beyond the head can help us better understand the nature of transcendent experiences

Think you're the same person every day? This brain experiment says otherwise. My latest for @sciencefocus sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/brai…

Want things to go well? Plan like a defensive pessimist psyche.co/guides/want-th… So often we underestimate the time and effort required to reach our goals. You can avoid that trap with realistic planning

For some with mental illness, it’s not always good to talk psyche.co/ideas/for-some… Well-meaning campaigns urge openness and conversation about mental health struggles. But there are those who cherish silence. via @psyche_the_mag

This is the first Psyche Portrait - long-form psychological profiles each asking the same question: what makes a life meaningful? There'll be a new Portrait each month on our Life Stories channel psyche.co/life-stories Subscribe to the Psyche Weekly newsletter to catch them all

‘We are all always coming and going’ psyche.co/portraits/stev… Steve Schwartzberg’s journey from Harvard psychologist to erotic healer, Buddhist and teacher was always haunted by death. Then he was diagnosed with terminal cancer

No, willpower isn’t a muscle – here’s a better way to think of it psyche.co/ideas/no-willp… By Alberto De Luca for Psyche magazine @psyche_the_mag The muscle metaphor based on ego-depletion theory hasn’t survived scrutiny. But there’s an alternative that holds promise

So what if Nike’s neuro shoes are a placebo? psyche.co/notes-to-self/… My latest Note to Self for Psyche magazine @psyche_the_mag

Amateur sleuth earns £2m reward for exposing research fraud thetimes.com/article/3113e0…

Your purpose isn’t something to find, it’s something you form psyche.co/ideas/your-pur… By Ross White for @psyche_the_mag "In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from"

How to think differently about procrastination: psyche.co/guides/how-to-… By Rebecca Roache for @psyche_the_mag Avoid the trap of thinking you’re either working or not. A different mindset promises less self-judgment and more progress

What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness psyche.co/ideas/what-you… By Thomas Andrillon for @psyche_the_mag Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious