Culture
Stories on the intersection of mental health and culture.
"Help! My child wants space!"
Why 'space' and 'boundaries' are emotionally wrenching ideas for many parents.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: Ask your child what they do for a living
How not to alienate kids with 'strange' careers.
"The parenting industry feeds our childhood wounds by telling us we aren't enough"
How to move beyond trauma.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: Diagnosis - angel or demon?
Mental health diagnoses are often attacked for being unscientific, oppressive, and prone to abuse. But for many, they remain the only route to dignity and sanity.
Big read: The untold story of how therapists turned leaders
A story for the ages.
Why are kids obsessed with dinosaurs?
It tells us an important story about being human.
🗝️ Sanity classics: How touch shaped the world
A fascinating cultural history of our biggest sense organ.
🥳 Ten years of crying clubs
In 2013, a visionary entrepreneur started the world's first crying club in Japan. What have we learnt about crying alone and in a pack?
Three mental health megatrends to watch in 2023
The science of psychedelics turns a corner. The app bubble grows bigger. Wellness washing begins to die.
What Breaking Bad taught me about intersectionality
Using the Greatest Show Ever Made to explain the Greatest Concept Ever in mental health.
🗝️ Sanity classics: Why we mourn Twitter
The story of how this hellsite became the unlikely online headquarters of the mental health movement.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: How to spot 'wellbeing washing'
Timeless lessons from the climate movement on how to sniff out workplace mental health BS.