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22Oct

Why Do People Take Extreme Risks?

Emma Barrett

exercise, psychology, self, sport

Mind

Emma Barrett asks why people take extreme risks and discovers it isn't just about reckless thrill-seeking; indeed it is about focus, precision and expertise.
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14Oct

Is Masculinity A Cultural Myth?

Chris Taylor

culture, emotions, men, psychology, society

Therapists

Counsellor Chris Taylor shares his opinion on the cultural myth of masculinity: the dangerously damaging effects of exerting such pressure on men in society
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02Oct

Vincent Deary: Why Change is So Difficult

Vincent Deary

change, emotions, psychology, self, society

Mind

Author Vincent Deary discusses the difficulties of change and habit, and the release of his new book 'How We Are'.
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26Sep

Edna O'Shaughnessy: Melanie Klein's Handmaiden

Camilla Nicholls

psychology, therapy

Therapists

Appreciation of psychotherapist Edna O'Shaughnessy
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17Sep

Why Do Young British Men Become Jihadis?

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

psychology, society

Therapists

The reasons why any young person leaves their home, family and friends to go and fight in a foreign country will always be complex to unravel.  It does seem incomprehensible that someone who has been raised and educated in the UK with no history of violence would be willing to get involved in acts of unspeakable brutality and yet we are told that hundreds have made that choice. There are clearly powerful global forces in play and we need the input from political theory, theology, history, social science and of course psychology to make some sense of it.  Yet, as a...
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31Aug

Why Won't We Help Each Other Out?

Jane McGregor

empathy, psychology

Soul

What prompts us to ignore the distress of other people? We’ve all found ourselves in situations - the times we’ve seen someone taunted and didn’t intervene; when we’ve driven past a car that has broken down, assuming another driver would pull over to help. We’ve noticed a young man slumped on the pavement, and not gone over to check if he’s okay. We witness a problem; consider doing something, then respond by doing... nothing. Something holds us back. So why don’t we help in these situations? Apathy can immobilise us when we feel the impulse to flee and help at the...
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22Aug

Why Children Need Questions Not Answers

Chris Skellett

children, education, family, father, mother, parenting, psychology

Mind

Children massively benefit from thought-provoking questions which inspire inquisitive responses and allow them to come to their own conclusions to problems.
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20Aug

Sigmund Freud and the Nazi Who Saved Him

David Cohen

psychology, therapy

Mind

When Sigmund Freud fled Vienna at the outbreak of the Second World War, a Nazi chemist helped him settle in London
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21Jul

The Psychology of Overeating

Jane McCartney

nutrition, psychology, self

Mind

Jane Mccartney shows how therapy can help us identify the root causes of overeating and overcome these psychological patterns in order to address our weight issues.
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16Jul

How Apathy Blocks Empathy

Jane McGregor

empathy, psychology

Mind

Learn about the damaging effects of apathy, and be glad to know that empathy is contagious
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