Health & Wellbeing
Mental - Physical - Spiritual
Mind, body, and spirit in a changing world.
From burnout to belonging, this section explores how modern life shapes mental, physical, and spiritual health. Discover evidence-based insights and critical reflections on therapy, nutrition, neurodiversity, and mindfulness — all aimed at helping us live with greater awareness, compassion, and balance.
The Healthy-Unwell: How Wellness Culture Made Feeling Fine Feel Like Failure
The healthy-unwell are people who appear to be doing everything right for their health, yet feel anxious, depleted, ashamed, or never well enough. Here’s how wellness culture, perfectionism, social media, and over-medicalisation can turn health into another performance.
Does Virtual Reality Therapy Work? The Evidence for VR in Mental Health
What VR therapy is, where the evidence is strongest, how VR may help anxiety, phobias, PTSD, psychosis-related avoidance, and where the hype runs ahead of the research.
Does Hypnosis Work? The Evidence for Clinical Hypnotherapy Explained
A look at clinical hypnotherapy, the evidence for pain, anxiety, IBS, and smoking cessation, and why hypnosis is not mind control, magic, or a shortcut to the subconscious.
Understanding Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is more than simply disliking winter. This article explains the symptoms, possible causes, treatment options, and when to seek support.
Nostalgia and Mental Health: When the Past Helps, and When It Holds You Back
Nostalgia can comfort us, connect us to who we are, and support mental wellbeing, but it can also turn into rumination when the past starts looking better than the present ever could.
Eco-Grief: Why Climate Change Can Hurt Your Mental Health
Eco-grief is the sadness, anxiety, anger, and helplessness people can feel in response to climate change and ecological loss. Here’s why it happens, how it affects mental health, and what can help.
The Strange Psychology of New Year’s Resolutions
Why January makes change feel possible, why that feeling usually collapses, and how to set goals without making your future self hate you.
Tit-for-Tat at Work: Why Good Teams Need Forgiveness
In the intricate dynamics of human interaction, game theory provides a lens through which we can examine strategic decision-making. One often overlooked, yet profoundly impactful, aspect within this framework is the concept of forgiveness. This article explores the importance of forgiveness in game theory and applies its principles to the workplace.
The Challenges of Diagnosing Autism in Children: Insights from Clinical Psychology
Diagnosing autism in children is not always straightforward. This article explains why autism can be difficult to recognise, how symptoms vary, why other conditions can overlap, and why careful assessment matters.
Procrastination Is Not Laziness: It Is Mood Management Gone Rogue
Procrastination is not simply laziness or poor time management. Psychology suggests it is often a form of short-term mood repair, where avoiding a task feels better now but creates more stress later.
Violence vs Aggression: What Psychology Actually Means by Both
Violence and aggression are often treated as the same thing, but psychology separates them. This clear explainer looks at intent, harm, physical force, escalation, and why the distinction is useful in everyday life.