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A study explores how many words people use a day, whether women really speak more than men, and whether we’re talking less ...

As much as people struggle with not knowing, we live in an uncertain world – and there are advantages to embracing that ...

I’m in a Zoom meeting, speaking to a screen full of black squares, trying to coax voices out of the void. The other callers are all members of an executive board, and they’re in turmoil over the ...

Everybody has a little more control than they think.’ A neuroscientist explains how we can become architects of our emotions ...

Practising Carl Rogers’s unconditional positive regard helps me be more compassionate and less judgmental – of myself too ...

Does the blank page look unconquerable? Blackout poetry can give you a creative jumpstart. This short video explains how ...

See a city through a visitor’s eyes to capture feelings you’ve lost, or never had – it’s the vicarious construal effect ...

Sometimes, when I’m grappling with a tricky topic, I pretend that I need to explain it to a child. For example, here is my attempt at explaining the purpose of this Guide to a notional nine-year-old: ...