Culture
Stories on the intersection of mental health and culture.
An apology for joy
You are allowed to laugh.
Ambition, dangerous darling
A personal and cultural history of a complex word.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: Stop 'investing' in mental health
Humans aren't stocks.
Why you (must not) make predictions about the world
Prepare, don't predict.
Your mother tongue is therapy
On preserving the taste of your mother language on your tongue.
Guilt v shame
Few other emotions are as inseparably fused with what it means to be human.
Explained: Is the overuse of mental health terms driving us to cultural collapse?
A helpful lens to look at the big fight over wrong use of words like trauma and depression.
BIG READ: Predicting 2024's mental health megatrends
AI, wars, youth mental health, peer support, climate change, and other crucial themes.
Meet Ikea, psychotherapist
Assembling furniture for the first time in your life = being in your body = quietening the noise in your head.
🗝️ Sanity classics: Bring on the horror
Horror as exposure therapy.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: What's the protocol for sharing a therapist with friends?
Unpacking a tricky question.
"Help! My child wants space!"
Why 'space' and 'boundaries' are emotionally wrenching ideas for many parents.