Psyche Magazine

What life in Denmark shows about the power of emotional safety

A deep sense of ease – what the Danes call ‘tryg’ – is a collective responsibility that allows individuals to flourish. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourse

Deciding to detransition

For two years, I lived as a trans woman – happy with my body, but fearful of the world it moved in. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others throug

How mental disorders play havoc with our motivation

Feeling energised to do something depends on a cost-benefit analysis that psychiatric conditions scramble in different ways. Psyche audio helps you to better understand y

How to handle jealous feelings

Jealousy can be a useful, insightful emotion – if you manage it well. Get curious about your jealousy to get a grip on it. Psyche audio helps you to better understand you

What is hidden in the photographs we keep of each other?

Returning to family photo albums in my mother’s apartment in Japan, I was struck by the stories the images didn’t tell. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourse

Black men suffer racial trauma yet are seen as the threat

The very conditions that subject Black men to chronic strain make it hard for them to receive the help they need and deserve. Psyche audio helps you to better understand

Why moving on after a breakup makes you a better person

They say time heals a broken heart. But do the hard work of moving on, and you do more than heal – you improve yourself. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yours

Tuesdays with the guys

In the wake of an unexpected tragedy, I decided to rethink my male friendships. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, pro

Want to be a lifelong learner? Don’t go it alone

The history of autodidacticism shows that learning has always been social. The right relationships open intellectual horizons. Psyche audio helps you to better understand

A psychological guide to climbing out of debt

Debt is as much an emotional challenge as a financial one. Follow this therapist’s advice to create a plan that works. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yoursel

What does it really take to be a resilient mother?

New motherhood is hard – and a mother’s ability to cope depends on multiple kinds of strength, both internal and external. Psyche audio helps you to better understand you

Journaling to remember

By cataloguing the ephemera that slip between the headlines of my days, future me has a ready reckoner of my life. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself an

Why long-brewing physical and mental breakdowns feel so sudden

As a neurosurgeon and a son, I’ve come to see the parallel processes underlying growing tumours and stressed-out minds. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourse

The full-service grandad

I thought I was a present father; my sons said otherwise. When my granddaughter arrived I made an offer. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others t

When you feel moral disgust, what’s the emotion telling you?

Some actions and words provoke instant revulsion. To know if we can trust that gut feeling, we should probe why we have it. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yo

Can he teach the teachers?

The neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene wants to bring four decades of findings on how the brain learns into the classroom. But evidence alone can’t overcome the politics in

The way we talk to bots matters even if they aren’t conscious

If more and more of our daily interactions are ungracious exchanges with machines, we should expect it to change us. Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself

The evil eye is irrational. Abandon it at your peril

So many of the world’s superstitions have been supplanted by rational thinking. Why does one of the oldest beliefs persist?. Psyche audio helps you to better understand y

How to cope with the stress of anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice

A queer psychologist shares skills from dialectical behaviour therapy to help you cope and find joy in a stigmatising world. Psyche audio helps you to better understand y

What does it mean to have relationship ambivalence?

When a relationship provokes both strong positive and negative feelings in you, it can take a toll – here’s what’s going on. Psyche audio helps you to better understand y