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Wisdom Walks

Set aside everyone else’s preconceptions when it comes to what's right in your future. In this guide, Ann Davidman provides counterintuitive exercises to understand whether or not you want children.

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Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon which examines the human condition, with articles that explore mental health, emotions, and new ideas.

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How to know if you want to be a parent

An emerging form of psychotherapy offers surprising ways to think about who you are and work towards self-acceptance. In this guide, Derek Scott reveals how to love all parts of yourself.

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How to get to know all (the parts) of you

The effects of being bullied can linger for decades, but it’s never too late to heal and reclaim your place in the world. In this guide, Stacee Reicherzer provides steps to rid yourself of the negative feelings associated with bullying.

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How to deal with bullying from your past

In this guide, Scott Hershovitz, the author of Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids, provides a range of ways to tap into the young generation's philosophical side so that you can learn from each other.

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How to do philosophy with kids

Our emotions can often become too painful and overwhelming, but there are ways to dampen their intensity. In this guide psychotherapist Sheri Van Dijk reveals ways to regain control of our intense emotions by using skills from dialectical behaviour therapy.

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How to calm your inner storm

Exhausted by the modern pressure to squeeze meaning out of every moment? In this guide, Wendy Syfret reveals that there's a radical way to reset your priorities.

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How to be a happy nihilist

A psychedelic experience can be enriching but also carries real risks. Christian Jarrett provides pointers on how to avoid a bad trip in this guide.

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How to have a safe psychedelic trip

Whether you're thinking of becoming a vegan or vegetarian for ethical or health-related reasons, it doesn't have to be a painful experience. In this guide, expert nutritionist Reed Mangels provides ways to begin a sustainable transition to these plant based diets.

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How to go vegetarian or vegan

Bored with Hollywood and Netflix? Becoming an adventurous and informed explorer of the cinema world is in everyone’s grasp.

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How to find great films to watch

In a world of choices, it's impossible to avoid regret. Yet, unpleasant as it is, you can make it bearable and even inspirational. In this helpful guide, Jelena Kecmanovic, a clinical psychologist, reveals how.

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How to deal with regret

Are you forever looking up medical symptoms and fearing the worst? There are ways to stop the endless checking and find real peace of mind. This week's guide Karen Cassiday, a clinical psychologist with expertise in anxiety disorders, reveals how to free yourself from this entrapping thought cycle.

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How to overcome worrying about your health

Becoming more ethical travellers is more important than ever. And, as consumers, the responsibility (and power) lies with us to change how the travel industry operates. In this guide, Carolin Lusby reveals that by spending locally and observing local customs are just some of the ways to become more ethical when travelling. 

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How to be a more ethical traveller

The extent to which negative mindsets influence our health, success and happiness is easy to overlook. But, in this guide, Rebecca Roache, a senior lecturer in philosophy, reveals how we can let Descartes, Kant and other philosophers help us view the world through a more positive filter, and you'll bloom.

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How to change your self-limiting beliefs

It can be a sanctuary, a place of pleasure, or a memoir. In this week's guide, Freya Howarth provides steps to ensure your personal library is just what you need it to be.

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How to nurture a personal library

The path to mastery is long, winding and hugely fulfilling. In this guide, Roger L Kneebone provides a map to becoming an expert in any field as well as reveals how to overcome any bumps you might encounter along the way.

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How to become an expert

Going for a jog doesn’t have to be a chore, these mental techniques will make it something you actually look forward to. Christian Jarrett reveals provides some useful tips to acquire this positive mindset.

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How to enjoy running

Have you ever had an argument that got out of hand? While the need for heated discussion is unavoidable and complicated, there are ways to argue well. In this guide, philosophy professors Scott Aikin and John Casey reveal that a philosophical approach will help you and the other person get much more out of it.

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How to have better arguments

Do you feel perpetually inadequate, broken or unlovable? If you are prone to shame, understanding its origins may help you to shed self-blame and bring you closer to self-compassion. In this guide, Clinical psychologists Michael B Swee and Susan Murray provide tools that will help you relate to yourself in a fairer, gentler way.

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How to cope with shame

Don't let their big words intimidate you; the great philosophers must prove their worth to us. In this guide, Charlie Huenemann, a professor of philosophy, reveals that there is a certain mindset that helps when approaching philosophy, that can help its full potential to provide us with rich perspectives and cast us into deep wonder.

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How to read philosophy

Complex problems call for sound advice, but who should we rely on for this? In this guide, philosopher T Ryan Byerly provides ways to uncover who in your social circle will be intellectually dependable and who is more likely to be a fraud and egotist.

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How to know who’s trustworthy

You don't have to be outgoing. But if being introverted is holding you back from the life you want, you can choose to change. In this guide, cognitive neuroscientist Christian Jarrett provides valuable tips to break away from problematic shyness that also help your health, career and relationships.

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How to come out of your shell

Self-compassion techniques aren’t self-indulgent, they’ll tame your inner critic while helping you change for the better. In this guide, psychotherapist Brooke Schwartz reveals how identifying self-criticism and judgemental thoughts is the first step to escaping the self-critical hole that many of us find ourselves in.

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How to be kinder to yourself

Self-criticism developed as an evolutionary response to social emotions, such as shame, humiliation and guilt. However, instead of increasing your sense of control, it tricks your brain into feeling in control. Brooke Schwartz explains how to use self-compassion to improve your life and overcome these negative emotions.

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How to think for yourself

Guts. Organisation. Determination. With the GOD principle on your side, your challenges can become achievable, no matter how big or small. After successfully navigating The Metro Marathon Challenge and finishing off with the London Marathon, John Collins and Michael Dutton reveal the techniques they used to conquer their mammoth quest.

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How to complete an impossible challenge

With a range of resources and creative approaches, apps promise to enable more people to understand better and manage their mental health. Still, some can be unreliable by putting business first. In this week's episode, Margaret Emerson, an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, provides steps to follow when finding the best mental health app.

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How to choose a mental health app

They’re suitable for kickstarting political debate, but analogies with the past are often ahistorical and should be treated with care. In this insightful guide, Moshik Temkin provides us with ways to make the most of historical references that can help us to enrich our lives.

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How to interpret historical analogies

Withdrawing from activities you enjoy is both a product and a cause of low mood. But in this insightful guide, Lucy Foulkes reveals how behavioural activation might help you break the cycle of low mood and get you feeling motivated again.

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How to engage with life when you feel down

The agony of restlessness is often indicative of a crisis of agency. So when it next strikes, respond by rediscovering your goals. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, psychologists John Eastwood and James Danckert reveal how to regain control and turn boredom into an opportunity.

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How to channel boredom

Just because you feel guilty doesn't mean you've done something wrong. But unfortunately, many live with excessive guilt that triggers too quickly, lasts too long, and destroys their self-esteem. Aziz Gazipura, a clinical psychologist, provides us with ways to identify and free ourselves from the grasp of unhealthy guilt.

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How to save yourself another pointless guilt trip

Getting a good night’s rest again.

Sooner or later all of us have one of those nights, where we toss and turn, unable to really relax. When this becomes a regular occurrence, it can cause a lot of strain and worry, but there are solid psychological tips on how to improve your sleep. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, consultant clinical psychologist and sleep specialist, Chris James, helps us sleep well again.

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How to sleep well again

Living freely and in harmonious ease.

The idea of ritual often gets a bad reputation, and doing something over and over again can seem automatically dull or unimaginative. But, using the teachings of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, we can use rituals as a way to bring great calm and depth to our lives. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, Alan Jay Levinovitz explains how to find more rhythm in the day-to-day. 

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How to set yourself free with ritual

Healing after a romantic breakup.

At one point or another, most of us will have felt like our hearts were broken by a romantic connection coming to an end. It can even make us feel physically ill. Yet, practical strategies can bring some ease and comfort to such difficult times. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, Ziella Bryars shares some advice for those tender moments of heartbreak, whatever form they might come in.

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How to ease the pain of heartache

Reigniting our childhood wonder.

A lot of us have long stopped asking ‘how’ and ‘why’ in the way many children do, and with it lost our sense of exploration. When we start rediscovering how intriguing asking the right questions can be, it not only teaches us a lot about the world and the things we are interested in, but opens us up to the joys of wide-eyed discovery. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, Frank Keil, explains explore how to avoid and overcome sexual boredom.

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How to revive your sense of wonder

Getting rid of the clutter.

Whether you buy too much or have trouble letting go of things you already have, a lot of us hold on to too many possessions. With World Environment Day coming up on the 5th of June we look at the psychological roots of clutter, and how we can let go — for our own sake and for that of the planet. In this week’s guide by Psyche magazine, psychologist Melissa Norberg shares some ideas on how to do this practically. 

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How to have less stuff

Living well in the face of pain. 

If you or someone you love has ever dealt with ongoing, long-lasting pain of some kind, you’ll know that it can affect so much more than just your body. Your mind and its ability to fully enjoy life, even if it may be a little more restricted than in the past, can be challenged. But, it doesn’t have to be this way, because there are strategies that can help us cope better, regardless of what the pain is currently like. 

In this week’s guide by Psyche magazine, psychologist Whitney Scott shares tools from acceptance and commitment therapy that can help you sidestep the struggle against pain.

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How to live well with persistent pain

Learning to be less offended. 

At some point, we all struggle with taking things a little too seriously in a way that doesn’t benefit us or others. While our brains often take these self-critical thoughts as truth, these are habits we can break. In this week’s guide by Psyche magazine, cognitive behaviour therapist Joel Minden teaches us how to unlearn taking things too personally and live more freely.

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How to take things less personally

Rekindling the flame in the bedroom.

While sexual chemistry and excitement are typically strong at the beginning of a relationship, it remains vital throughout relationships for most of us. Feeling stuck in a rut or disconnected can be discouraging, but there are practical ways to bring back the fun in new and exciting ways. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, co-founder and co-director of the sex therapy division at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, Ian Kerner, explains how to avoid and overcome sexual boredom.

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How to get the excitement back

Guidance on reaching out when you need it.

From the small daily tasks to big, far-reaching actions, all of us have to ask for help at some point or another. Yet, we may feel insecure or weak when doing this, even though it is an essential and beautiful skill that can create a sense of community and connectedness. In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, clinical psychologist Debbie Sorensen explains how we can best reach out in times of need and why this can be an excellent thing.

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How to ask for help

Your attachment style is rooted in your childhood, but you can change it.

Relationships of all kinds are essential to most of us and significantly impact our happiness. But, we all have patterns in how we react to those we care about, and sometimes these can be unhelpful or in need of growth. It can feel like we are too clingy… or on the other extreme, too scared to commit. In this week’s guide by Psyche magazine, we learn more from Graham Johnston and Matt Wotton about attachment styles and how to change them.

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How to be more secure in your relationships

When did you last feel a true sense of awe?

In our busy lives, experiencing wonder can be relegated to low on the list of priorities, but it is universally accessible and good for us. We may think that feeling ‘wow’ only happens when there is a significant external reason, but awe can be a part of our everyday lives with the right approach.

In this week’s guide by Psyche magazine, freelance science writer and former neuroscientist Summer Allen explain how we can experience a more enormous sense of wonder.

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How to experience more 'wow'

Guidance on how to know your authentic desires.

It is normal to feel stressed or indecisive when faced with big or impactful decisions in our lives. This often comes down to not knowing what would be the best next move and what we would really like to happen next.

In this week's guide from Psyche magazine, Luke Burgis offers a refreshing perspective on this. Using the theory of the French social theorist René Girard, he maps out how a lot of our desires are, in fact, influenced by outside sources in some way and offers guidance on how we can find out what our actual wants are.

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How to know what you really want

Practical tips on getting into music-making.

The 64th Annual Grammy Awards took place on Monday the 4th of April, with some of the world’s best musicians taking to the stage and being celebrated. Yet, all of us have some musical talent and would perhaps like to explore the beautiful world of music more. Perhaps you already have skills to develop or want to start from scratch, but music can be a wonderful hobby that brings joy and connects us with others.

In this week's guide from Psyche magazine, Gayla M. Mills gives some encouragement and advice for those wanting to explore music-making. She is an author who returned to music in her 40s and offers guidance on how to take the leap from listener to maker in a way that suits you.

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How to start making music

Bonding with Autistic people through openness and empathy.

This week marks both Autism Awareness Day and World Bipolar Day. People with autism and other mental health conditions have frequently been stereotyped in how they are portrayed in the media when their lived experiences are deep multi-faceted. Interacting with them or being their friend may mean slightly different ways of doing things, but this can foster meaningful and genuine relationships with a bit of patience.

In this week's guide from Psyche magazine, two researchers who are Autistic people themselves, Abby Sesterka and Erin Bulluss, describe how they believe these connections can best be made and grown.

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How to be a good friend to an Autistic person

Learn to be there for your loved ones effectively.

Over the last two years, in particular, many of us have had to face grief of some kind and support those close to us while they go through difficult times. We all want to help our friends, families, or colleagues when they are struggling, but it's not always easy to know how to do this practically and what will really make a difference, rather than unhelpfully meddling into the situation. In this week's guide from Psyche magazine, senior psychology lecturer Elise Kalokerinos takes us through how to make your presence during a difficult time as useful and caring as possible.

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How to support a struggling friend

Metacognitive strategies to break free.

Do you ever find yourself caught up in rumination? It's pretty natural to think things through carefully, especially when something's bothering us, but it can do more harm than good when thinking becomes overthinking. If you catch yourself in circles of thought go nowhere but down, you may feel a bit helpless — like you've got on a train somewhere and now it's going too fast, and you can't get off. Therapist Pia Callesen says that's not strictly true. We can learn to stop overthinking. In this guide from Psyche magazine, we explore some practical ways we can slow the train and perhaps even divert it to a better destination.

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How to stop overthinking

Practical and emotional advice for open relationships.

While a monogamous relationship is apparently easy to understand, its inverse opens up many questions and can be perturbing. In this week's guide from Psyche magazine, registered clinical counsellor Meg Wilson takes us through the causes of this, shedding light on the origins of monogamy and how those so inclined can navigate non-monogamy with love and with care.  

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How to explore ethical non-monogamy

Is your casual pastime an addiction?

During the pandemic, it was widely reported that substance abuse issues worsened. From some people being forced to stay in unsafe home environments, to the breaking down of many social and support structures, there were many reasons for this. The number of people struggling with addiction is swelling but it still seems to carry a taboo something that is or should be hidden behind closed doors. In this week's guide, we're hearing from psychologist and wellness expert Rebecca E Williams, who breaks down the cornerstones that create addiction and offers practical insight for those who are in or helping someone in recovery.

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How to know if you’re addicted

Don't fear it; enjoy and own it.

Pride is defined as a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from our achievements, the achievements of those closely associated with, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. Why then is it often considered as something wrong? In this guide from Psyche magazine, mental health psychotherapist, Leon Garber, explores some techniques to help us get comfortable with owning and enjoying our achievements — whether they be big or small and how this might nourish our self-esteem.

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How to feel more pride

Reclaim your life, be happier and more fulfilled.

Do you ever measure your value against how much you're able to do? That might be problematic. The idea that uselessness means we're failing in life can often trap us in vicious cycles and chip away at our self-worth. Enter Daoist philosophy — a school of thought which offers a different perspective on the vast enjoyment to be had by freeing ourselves from a means-to-an-end mentality.

In this guide from Psyche magazine, professors Helen De Cruz and Pauline Lee draw from the Daoist masterpiece Zhuangzi to help us let go of the need to produce, strive or serve a purpose.

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How to be useless

Rediscover your zing.

This week, we're diving into a topic that's likely to stir intense and maybe uncomfortable questions. While existential dread is likely to seek us all out in our lives, over the last few years we all seem to be circling around a similar funk — questioning our existences, careers, relationships. Many philosophers have engaged with existentialism, but Søren Kierkegaard is often referred to as the first existential philosopher because of his emphasis on the individual and subjective experience. Author and teacher at Columbia University, Skye C. Cleary, draws inspiration from his writings to help answer some of life's biggest questions. From Psyche Magazine, this is how you can cope with an existential crisis.

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How to cope with an existential crisis

Overcome your anxieties, let your partner into your desires and strengthen your bond.

Get your headphones on because this week we're talking about sex. More specifically, how to talk about our sexual desires. Across pretty much every culture, our actions and behaviours relating to sex are seemingly at odds. Romantic movies idealise it while pornography distorts it, and in some cases specific moral codes just make it feel taboo. So, can a more open approach towards sex be a gateway to a more fulfilled version of ourselves? Sarah Hunter Murray, a registered marriage and family therapist has spent her career addressing the many layers behind our understanding of sex. In this guide from Psyche magazine, she's exploring all that there is to gain from thoroughly knowing our needs and wants.

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How to talk about sexual desires

Purposefully influence anything in your life.

We've been thinking about the complexities of getting older. How in the careless years of our youth, big life decisions are outsourced to parents or guardians but then there's a moment when we start to have autonomy over them. And yet, no matter how many times we've practised this skill since, we're consistently confronted with difficult decision making. Why hasn't it gotten any easier?

In today's guide from Psyche Magazine, Joseph Bikart — an internationally renowned executive coach and communication advisor — walks us through how combining systematic checklists and gut instinct can help us to confront difficult choices head-on.

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How to make a difficult decision

Figure out for yourself what is and isn’t reasonable.

In the wider spectrum of beliefs, some ideas are generally more accepted than others. Take black holes and ghosts. They're both, on paper, kind of weird concepts. But whilst one is considered a reality of the known universe, the other continues to divide people about their existence. So why do we struggle to find validity to the weird? 

Stephen Law is a philosopher who has spent decades trying to understand if the seemingly inexplicable can actually be considered reasonable. In this guide from Psyche Magazine, he shares a five-step thinking process that will help us weigh evidence cautiously without becoming a closed-minded naysayer.

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How to think about weird things

Boost your incisiveness, become less judgmental and be a better listener.

The detective novel covers an entire literary genre of crime fiction. From the sleuthing of Sherlock Holmes to the unravellings of Poirot and Miss Marple, there's an obsession with watching these masterminds in their element. For over 15 years, Ivar Fahsing worked as a senior detective in Oslo's police department. Now an associate professor, he's co-authored multiple books on the subject. In this how-to guide from Psyche Magazine, Fahsing demolishes our misconceptions about supernatural insight. Instead, by drawing on psychologists like Daniel Kahneman, he unveils the power of a detective's toolkit.

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How to think like a detective

Breathwork is the new yoga.

Start your year learning how to master the most vital of human functions: breathing. Whether you've resolved to improve your health or to find more calm, we're back today with an important piece to share with you.

Martin Petrus, a breathwork and meditation teacher, draws inspiration from yogic breathing and Wim Hoff, a legendary master of cold exposure.  In Psyche Magazine, Petrus provides context and steps on how to breathe with intention and highlights how mastering simple breathing techniques can help us in everything from sport to stressful situations to achieving transcendence.

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How to breathe

Taking a break isn’t lazy.

It's our last episode of the year but don't you worry, we'll be back on the 5th of January with new episodes to get 2022 off to a great start. With Christmas just a week away, today we're looking into something very timely: why are we all still so bad at resting? Learning to recharge is a fundamental skill we should learn to master, and yet it can be hard to do so. his piece in Psyche Magazine comes from the founder of Strategy and Rest — a Silicon Valley consultancy that helps people design and implement four-day working weeks.

Alex Soojung Kim Pang not only explains why taking a break allows us to enjoy a more creative and sustainable life but, more importantly, some practical tips that we can start putting into practice right away.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to rest well

Ditch the tough talk; it won't help.

Whether it's competing in sports, delivering a presentation at work or cooking for guests and family, we've all heard that voice in our head telling us to "get on with it", or more likely, "don't fuck this up." Even though most of us know tough talk doesn't really help, why do we do it, and what can we cultivate in its absence? Josephine Perry — a chartered sport and exercise psychologist — proposes a viable alternative in mental flexibility. In Psyche Magazine, she shares some interesting findings and practical tips so that we too can learn to handle whatever comes our way.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to perform well under pressure

Lifestyle changes to sharpen your mind.

Dr Kailas Roberts is a psychiatrist and specialist in brain health, and this week he is sharing his guide on maintaining a healthy brain. There have been so many advances in understanding Alzheimers of late that we're not surprised to be seeing instrumental advice like this make its way to Curio. In this piece from Psyche Magazine, Dr Roberts looks at how we can both sharpen our minds today and lower our risk of dementia later.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to maintain a healthy brain

Get comfortable in your own skin.

According to a survey in the UK in 2019, one in five adults feels shame around their body. It's a topic that's pretty close to home for many of us and not one that seems to get any easier as we get older. With body shaming, diet fads and fatphobia rife, how can we learn to love our bodies? Charlotte H. Markey is a professor of psychology and health sciences. She's put this guide together in Psyche Magazine, which provides some simple and, at times, challenging steps to getting comfortable in our own skin.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to love your body

Silence that self-critical voice.

This week we're looking at perfectionism. It's the typical "make your weakness a strength" sort of answer in interviews. But in a culture that places such high value on discipline, there can often be a darker side to the trait. Psychologist Margaret Rutherford looks at the thin veil of difference between perfectionism that can be positive and that which becomes destructive. From Psyche Magazine, here's how to silence that self-critical voice and get over feeling never good enough.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to get over ‘never good enough'

Harness this powerful force in your life.

When was the last time you felt angry - that prickly, unsettling feeling at yourself or someone else? Apart from the stoics in our midst, we all probably experience anger much more frequently than we might admit. But if anger can easily become something quite dangerous, how can we manage or harness it into something positive? In this Psyche guide, professor of psychology Ryan Martin talks us through how our feelings of anger can become an energising force in confronting problems and the tools we'll need to do so.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to be angry

Know your beans.

This week's Wisdom Walks draws particular attention to one of life's great pleasures - coffee. It's by Jessica Easto, who wrote the book "Craft Coffee A Manual". It's a book from a coffee enthusiast for coffee enthusiasts. We find that when we're busy doing lots of different things, these hyper specialised and focussed stories help us to completely escape — there's plenty of little coffee facts to share around with your friends also.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to enjoy coffee

Rethinking masculinity.

This week's episode is an enlightening piece about reimagined masculinity. Over the last few years, you may have noticed the slogan "dismantle the patriarchy" branded onto t-shirts, graffiti on buildings, and of course, all over social media. But, it always seems like a problem that affects women. This piece from Andrew Reiner, a teacher of men's studies, explores how dated concepts of masculinity could be making men, in fact, miserable.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to be a man

Learn to embrace the serendipity mindset.

We're discussing something that can be both a philosophy of life and a practical capability to nurture ourselves — the serendipity mindset. Most of us think good luck just happens, or doesn't. But as we're about to discover, everyone can learn to look for the unexpected. In this week's episode, Dr Christian Busch, the author of The Serendipity Mindset and teacher at the London School of Economics and New York University, explains the secret to a lucky life.

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How to be lucky

The psychology of learning.

On Wednesday 13th October, the US celebrates 'National Train Your Brain Day'. It's a perfect reminder that what the brain thinks and how it reacts to the world are choices that we can adjust. We've compiled a list of tips for training your brain in Curio, and you'll be pleased to know walking is one of them. This week's guide from Psyche magazine doubles down on the theme of training your brain as we're looking at studying. So even if your academic days are a little or a lot behind you, senior lecturer in psychology Paul Penn explains why studying is a little like understanding memory.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to study effectively

A little like romance - it takes some work. 

In this week’s episode from Psyche magazine, we’re talking about friendship. Trying to put yourself out there and strike up new relationships can reveal some confronting and uncomfortable emotions that have often been lying dormant within us. Psychologist and author, Marisa G Francois, has put together this guide which offers up a great measure of encouragement in helping you to be just that bit bolder.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to make friends as an adult

Cultivating a beginner's mind helps rediscover the joy of learning.

In this week's life hack audio guide, Christian Jarrett, a cognitive neuroscientist by training, looks into the Japanese Zen term 'Shoshin', a practice founded on the principle of approaching every task as if we have never done it before; it's an especially great listen for understanding our limitations. We also recommend checking out "Learning chess at 40" by Tom Vanderbilt, an excellent complimentary piece to this guide on the subject of learning just for the sake of it - search for it on Curio and add it to your queue.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio's life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to foster 'shoshin'

Nir Eyal shows us how to have a fuller life.

In this week's life hack audio guide, we have a treat for you - one of Curio's thinkers breaks down for Psyche magazine the secrets to achieve laser-sharp focus in everything we set out to do. Nir is a celebrated author who writes, consults and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology and business. Here, he analyses our inner triggers generating distractions and gives us valuable tools to manage them properly.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to be indistractable

There’s more to words than meets the eye.

In this week’s life hack audio guide, NYU Humanities Professor, Robert Di Yanni, shows us how to gain more from our reading. There is so much content to consume online that it's easy to feel lost in how to consume it anymore. If you find yourself often skim reading or listening at a faster speed, this guide is for you. From Psyche Magazine, here’s how to deepen your appreciation of literature through the art of slow, attentive reading.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to gain more from your reading

Kick-start your September.

In this week’s guide from Psyche magazine, author and tech philosopher, Tom Chatfield,  has put together these practical tips on how to clarify our thoughts, improve our self-knowledge and become better communicators. There’s a lot to reflect on in this one, so if you can, try changing your scenery and make some space for yourself while you think about the questions.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to think clearly

Have you ever noticed feelings of detachment from the world? 

For this week’s life hack audio guide, we’ve got a curious piece for you to mull over. You’re likely to have experienced feelings of dream-like detachment after a traumatic event or experience. Like perhaps the pandemic, the loss of a loved one, or a bad drug experience. Filmmaker, Shaun O'Connor, sheds light on the phenomenon and provides a reassuring way to recover.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to cope when life seems unreal

Practical, effective ways to start making a change.

In this week’s life hack audio guide from Psyche magazine, associate professor at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam, Wendelien van Eerde, whose research focuses on motivation and other time-related behaviours at work is tackling procrastination.

It’s one of those things that everyone discusses a lot but there are numerous differences in what people mean. So, grab your headphones, head up that hill you’ve been avoiding and see if you can find a better way to understand irrational delay. 

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to stop procrastination

A hack to a more mindful home.

If you’re ever overwhelmed by the number or variety of things in your possession, this guide will help you to be more selective in your approach to acquiring, storing and displaying your stuff. In this week's audio guide, we’re hearing from curator and writer Glenn Adamson. Who uses museum principles to show how we can select, store and show our stuff with care. 

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

#2 - How to curate (just about) anything

Saving can improve psychological wellbeing and emotional health.

This week’s life hack audio guide considers a question we’ve all struggled with at one point or another, how do we save money? Aside from our basic needs, our financial priorities are largely down to us, so why do so many of us struggle with it? Kim Stephenson and Pradnya Surana, psychologists with financial and financial well-being expertise, unpack how saving not only improves your financial health but your psychological wellbeing and emotional health too.

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine. Perfect for taking time out for yourself and making the most of your walking time, with new episodes released every Wednesday.

How to save money

Feel wiser and more fulfilled on your walks with Curio’s life hack audio guides from Psyche magazine.

We're excited to introduce you to Curio’s Wisdom Walks, a new life hack audio guide to help you feel wiser and more fulfilled each week, in partnership with Psyche magazine. From learning how to breathe and have better conversations, to managing your finances. Every week you’ll hear practical insights from an array of experts, perfect for taking time out for yourself and growing a little wiser — new episodes every Wednesday.

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