Why do we keep doing things that get in the way of what we want? Self-sabotage isn’t one behaviour with one cause. Understanding the context and function of our behaviour can help us uncover what’s really driving it and what might actually help us change.

13 Best Movies About Mental Health. Picked by a Clinical Psychologist.

Your brain doesn't react to stress, it predicts it. A clinical psychologist on what stress actually is, why it errs toward danger, and how to work with it.

Lying awake with a racing mind? Learn why stress, cortisol and hypervigilance keep your brain "on" at night and what actually helps you switch off.

Impossible, Until It's Not: What Rock Climbing Teaches Us About Fear, Failure, and the Limits We Invent

A reader wrote in with a question: how do you tell the difference between love and limerence? Between truly loving someone and simply being unable to stop thinking about them? Drawing on the ancient Greeks, modern neuroscience, and the psychology of desire, this is an exploration of what separates love from obsession and a set of honest questions to help you work out which one you're really feeling.

Explore why the human brain is built for threat detection, how fear shapes what we see and hear, and how emotional regulation helps us shift between threat, drive and soothe.

What we hear is not always what was said. A funny misunderstanding in the park becomes a deeper reflection on perception, emotional state, threat, and the invisible lens through which we interpret other people, ourselves, and the world around us.

The Emotional Promise of Achievement. What high performers are really chasing and why it can’t be caught

a psychological exploration on the origins and developmental process of shame

on being kind to yourself. self-compassion. self-kindness.

On panic and panic attacks

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