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The Origins of Sanity
Though politeness tends to stop us from dwelling on the point, all babies start off – as we might put…
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How to Weaken the Hold of Addiction
Many of us are prey to addictive behaviours which we know run contrary to our deeper interests but which we find ourselves entirely unable to desist from at key moments.
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Charles Darwin and the Descent of Man
It is completely understandable that we are often maddened by what might be called ‘normal’ humanity. In such moods the 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin has much to say to us.
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Straightforward vs. Complicated People
A basic distinction in humans is between those who are simple and straightforward to deal with – and those who are – as we tend to be reminded when we interact with them – repeatedly tricky or complicated to handle.
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Who is Afraid of Intimacy?
Sometimes we may end up in a couple where we spend a lot of time complaining – to concerned friends…
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Sociability
Why Nice People Give Us the ‘Ick’
There are many things that might disrupt the mood of a promising early date: a sudden discovery of a maddening…
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Why We Should Practice Automatic Writing
Usually, when we set out to write, sounding coherent and polished are our central priorities. We may think hard before…
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Calm
Can We Live With the Truth?
We are primed to think well of people who have an appetite for truth: who want to find out the…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Deny Ourselves the Chance of Happiness
Happiness sounds like such an obviously desirable quality, the idea that a person might willingly turn it down makes –…
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Sociability
How to Become a More Interesting Person
We start with an unusual observation: there is a huge variance in how much we feel we have to say…
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Why We Behave As We Do
A key principle governing the natural world is that animals adapt to thrive in particular habitats; what we call an…
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Calm
Five Questions to Ask Yourself Every Evening
Our minds are some of the busiest places in the known universe. It is estimated that, under a deceptively calm…
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Relationships
Who is Afraid of Intimacy?
Sometimes we may end up in a couple where we spend a lot of time complaining – to concerned friends…
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Sociability
Why Nice People Give Us the ‘Ick’
There are many things that might disrupt the mood of a promising early date: a sudden discovery of a maddening…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Should Practice Automatic Writing
Usually, when we set out to write, sounding coherent and polished are our central priorities. We may think hard before…
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Calm
Can We Live With the Truth?
We are primed to think well of people who have an appetite for truth: who want to find out the…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Deny Ourselves the Chance of Happiness
Happiness sounds like such an obviously desirable quality, the idea that a person might willingly turn it down makes –…
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Sociability
How to Become a More Interesting Person
We start with an unusual observation: there is a huge variance in how much we feel we have to say…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Behave As We Do
A key principle governing the natural world is that animals adapt to thrive in particular habitats; what we call an…
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Calm
Five Questions to Ask Yourself Every Evening
Our minds are some of the busiest places in the known universe. It is estimated that, under a deceptively calm…
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