Clanking cowboys, hard-working women and fighting dogs populate the landscape of an Aboriginal artist’s childhood ...

A magazine to help you understand your self and live well ...

My child grew into a new version of himself – as all children do – and I wondered about my new role. Anger helped me grasp it ...

A magazine to help you understand your self and live well ...

‘Shadow’ is the term used by Carl Gustav Jung to refer to those aspects of yourself that you do not like or want to be associated with. You might even refuse to acknowledge them as being a part of you ...

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 ...

My friend Greta gives the most amazing pep talks. She starts by asking you, ‘What’s the title of your pep talk?’ And after you tell her the title – anything from ‘You feel like you’re stagnating, but ...

Christopher M Elias is assistant professor of history at the American University in Cairo and the author of Gossip Men: J Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn and the Politics of Insinuation (2021).

Francesca Happé is professor of cognitive neuroscience at King’s College London. Her books include Autism: A New Introduction to Psychological Theory and Current Debate (2019), co-authored with Sue ...

Greg Gbur is a professor of physics and optical science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is the author of Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics (2019) and Invisibility: The ...

John Casey is professor of philosophy at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He specialises in medieval philosophy and informal logic. He is the co-author, with Scott Aikin, of Straw Man ...

Dr Sam Gandy is an ecologist, writer and speaker. Formerly a scientific assistant to the director of the Beckley Foundation, he now works as a collaborator with the Centre for Psychedelic Research at ...