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The rewards of flirtation go beyond sex or romance. But, as in other exchanges, you have to know where the red line is ...

My child grew into a new version of himself – as all children do – and I wondered about my new role. Anger helped me grasp it ...

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In our age of certainty and dogma, we would all do well to learn from the philosophy of the ancient Greco-Roman sceptics ...

‘Shadow’ is the term used by Carl Gustav Jung to refer to those aspects of yourself that you do not like or want to be associated with. You might even refuse to acknowledge them as being a part of you ...

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

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

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

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?

My friend Greta gives the most amazing pep talks. She starts by asking you, ‘What’s the title of your pep talk?’ And after you tell her the title – anything from ‘You feel like you’re stagnating, but ...