Dr Christian Jarrett 🇺🇦

We relaunched Psyche magazine! psyche.co

True resilience is not about bouncing back psyche.co/ideas/true-res… I hate talk of resilience: it places an expectation on people to return to how they were. That’s not how real recovery works. New Psyche Idea by Philip T Starks @TuftsUniversity @psyche_the_mag

How to practise a musical instrument psyche.co/guides/how-to-… New Psyche Guide by @craig_ogden @psyche_the_mag Everything that involves skill requires practice. Use the AIR method – awareness, isolation, repetition – to improve

Choreography so good. Michael Jackson - Human Nature (Official Video) youtu.be/YNzuiRuQNYY?si… via @YouTube

If you read one thing today make it this by the wonderful @rkarnad on our national treasure Romila Thapar

Why it’s so hard to agree on what counts as true psyche.co/ideas/why-its-… New research has mapped people’s contrasting conceptions of the truth. No wonder so many arguments feel irresolvable

Turn off your sleep tracker psyche.co/notes-to-self/… By @ProfAMGregory for Psyche @psyche_the_mag

Try seeing your personality as dimensional psyche.co/notes-to-self/… First Psyche Note to Self by @a_e_arthur @psyche_the_mag I recently learned the distinction between seeing personality in terms of types vs traits – the latter is liberating

If we avoid sadness in life, why do we seek it in art? psyche.co/ideas/if-we-av… New Psyche Idea by Tara Venkatesan @UMG Philosophers and psychologists have puzzled over the allure of tragic art. New findings show how sadness can be a comfort

Why chatbot therapists can’t offer what we need psyche.co/ideas/why-chat… 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 Idea by Wasseem El Sarraj @psyche_the_mag

The capacity to be alone depends on the sense of being held psyche.co/ideas/the-capa… The overwhelm of grief and parenthood showed me what psychoanalysis assumes – we need to be held to feel safe in solitude. Psyche Idea by Elizabeth Burns Dyer @psyche_the_mag

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