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By: Monica Jacob
Telling people I work as a psychologist is often followed by expressions of surprise and curiosity: “So what exactly do you do with your clients? Do you just talk and solve their problems?” Continue reading “What Therapy is Like…And What It’s Not”
By: Amy Cheng
Restrictions have been lifting around the country and lockdowns seem like a thing of the past, but pandemic fatigue still exists, a psychologist has said. Continue reading “Our Brains Aren’t Ready for Pandemic Fatigue – But There’s Hope, Says Psychologist”
By: Sheridan Voysey
I spoke at a conference recently. With hundreds of people involved, the organisers asked us all to download a smartphone app to keep track of the programme. Continue reading “In the Age of the Social App, We Are All Rated and Ranked”
By: City Bible Forum
On Monday morning I decided that I would take to all of our indoor plants with weed killer. Actually I didn’t decide that. I decided to feed all of the plants with liquid fertilizer, but inadvertently took the wrong bottle out of the cupboard and gave them all a liberal dose of glyphosate, a broad-spectrum herbicide. Continue reading ““Social Glyphosate”, aka Individualism, and How It’s Withering Our Society”
By: Akos Balogh
“Your days are numbered, Maverick. Your kind is heading for extinction.” So said a US Admiral (played by actor Ed Harris) to Maverick (Tom Cruise) in the latest Tom Gun movie. Continue reading “Why ‘Looking Within’ For Identity Isn’t Enough: We Also Need To ‘Look Up’”
By: Laura Bennett
We all know far too well how easy it is to set our mind on doing a task or making a lifestyle change, only to find ourselves completely off track with our goals and occupied by distractions. Continue reading “Becoming Undistracted is About our Values, Not To-Do Lists”
By: Michael McQueen
We all consider ourselves to be fairly sound judges. When faced with problems or challenges, we tend to trust our judgements and rely on our estimations, believing that we are immune to the biases and mental manipulations that others experience.
Continue reading “How’s Your Judgement? Here’s 3 Patterns You Might Recognise”