When your own thoughts discourage and undermine you, it’s easy to get tangled. A change of strategy could get you past it ...

Some masculine norms are a straightjacket, depriving men of the connections they need. It takes bravery to leave them behind ...

The original optimist, Leibniz, was mocked and misunderstood. Centuries later, his worldview can help us navigate modern life ...

Conversation is a game with rules about politeness and norms. To move beyond small talk, you need to risk breaking them ...

I’ve cut brains in half, excised tumours – even removed entire lobes. The illusion of the self and free will survives it all ...

Grief’s ‘double vision’ beholds both the bereaved and dead. Recognising this duality helps explain our ability to move on ...

is a therapist and metacognitive specialist, managing several clinics in Denmark and providing metacognitive therapy online in English. She has a PhD from Manchester University and trained with the ...

is a detective chief superintendent and associate professor at the Norwegian Police University College in Oslo, and has 15 years’ experience as a senior detective in the Oslo Police department and at ...

Young Woman with Her Hand over Her Mouth (c1875) by Edgar Degas. Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ...

is a researcher in philosophy and psychoanalytic theory at University College London, and a writer on politics and social theory. He writes the Substack Antagonisms of the Everyday.