Small talk’ is a misnomer. Here are some simple strategies to transform it into an opportunity to connect, learn and grow ...

Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts.

Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts.

Breathwork changed my life, but I heard the sceptics. Several studies later, I’m more convinced than ever in its benefits ...

is a senior lecturer in political theory at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written two books about pragmatism, and is writing one on Ralph Waldo Emerson and another on psychoanalysis.

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The 16th-century ‘spiritual rock-star’ shows how seeing your soul as a castle can be a source of strength and consolation Courtesy the BnF, Paris ...

The novelist and poet Ursula K Le Guin shows we can reject nihilism and naive optimism by practising our collective freedom ...

What do people look at and what meanings do they make when a Kandinsky is on show in a power station guarded by a muscleman?

Everything interesting comes from some sort of imperfection.’ A sculptor amplifies the deep weirdness of the human form ...

Psychologists have known about the ‘halo effect’ for ages. New research suggests the power of language can help explain it ...

Mzia, a 77-year-old elevator operator in Tbilisi, Georgia, journeys far from her building for the first time in 19 years ...