Therapy is a place where you can open your life to a stranger whose role is to help you come to terms with, evaluate and change how you understand yourself and how you live. Therapy can begin a ...

For the ‘quantified self’ movement, the dream is better living through data analysis. You know the quantified self disciples: they’re the people dutifully recording their steps, sleep, sex, anything ...

Psychologists once thought of ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) as a disorder that mainly affects children, but we now know that at least 60 per cent of ...

The other day, I found out that one of my close friends had an extra ticket to a football playoff game, and he invited another friend instead of me. Hurt by this apparent slight, I thought I must have ...

Socrates, on his way to the Lyceum, meets two hyper-competitive teenage boys hanging out in a wrestling gym. Almost immediately, he begins asking the sort of questions that turn everything upside down ...

‘I’m so tired of hearing about she/they/them.’ ‘Those people had it coming.’ ‘You’re too fat to date.’ As a counselling psychologist, I have listened to thousands of people struggle with the difficult ...

has spent more than 20 years as a journalist, writing primarily about sexuality. Now in her mid-40s, a member of the sandwich ...

Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity ...

Friendship is a force that runs deep through the human soul. It fosters trust, emotional balance and mutual support. It binds individuals and shapes communities, both in ordinary times and in moments ...

With a few lifestyle and dietary changes, you can protect your gut microbiome, boost your immunity and improve your mood In healing my relationship with food and cooking, I saw how caring for myself ...

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 ...

Just breathe! When you’re gripped by anxiety, hearing this well-intentioned advice can be infuriating. Compared with the power of my body’s fight-or-flight response, the notion that I can find calm by ...