This Month
The $371 financial summit where a bestselling author rubs you rich
As Paul McKenna instructs us to run our hands lovingly from our shoulders to our elbows, some audience members have their doubts.
- Tom Haynes
Has working from home made people passive-aggressive?
The strategy is fast becoming commonplace in cases where more direct expressions of frustration and resentment would be considered unprofessional.
- Josh Cohen
November
Political correctness is too much for the ‘exhausted majority’
You should concentrate on how you say things rather than walking on eggshells for fear of offending someone by what you say.
- Peter Quarry
October
Gut bacteria, psychedelics and the future of mental health treatments
This accessible book looks at how our brains work and evaluates hyped treatments for our most common psychological problems.
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Opinion
- Opinion
What high performers like Rory McIlroy are learning from Stoicism
Philosopher Marcus Aurelius may have been around in the third century BC, but he’s all the rage with the 1 per cent in the 21st century.
- Guy Kelly
September
Ad agency builds a new therapeutic system for psychologists
whiteGREY’s Hope Narratives won the AFR’s Most Innovative Companies award in the media and marketing category.
- Mark Di Stefano
July
Like many men, I had few close friends. So, I began a friendship quest
Males tend to face a harder time than females making and maintaining friendships and it appears to be getting only worse. Here’s how I tried to help myself.
- Leonard Felson
July
- Opinion
- Wellbeing
Why men lose all their friends in midlife
What happens to male friendship in middle age? I’m both envious of those who appear to have lots of companions and suspicious of how they’ve acquired them.
- George Chesterton
Why you can never remember people’s names
You’re not alone when it comes to forgetting people moments after you’ve met them – “face blindness” is a real thing.
- Antonia Hoyle
June
Turns out that pain is all in your head
Acute discomfort is real, but often it can be quelled or reduced without medical intervention. Really.
- Peter Quarry
May
Can paradise heal a broken heart? How to overcome grief on a retreat
Horses have long been used in therapy for people with disabilities and injuries. Now it appears they can also help us recover from loss.
- Jane Knight
April
Why Australia risks over-treating children with ADHD
It is said to be the most common neurodevelopmental disorder in children and adolescents. Some experts are pushing back against a new set of guidelines.
- Jill Margo
The Finnish secret to happiness? Knowing when you have enough
This year’s annual World Happiness Report, which rates wellbeing in countries around the world, ranked Finns first. How they perceive financial success helps.
- Penelope Colston
February
So MDMA, psilocybin are medicines – now what?
Like medicinal cannabis before it, psychedelics have won TGA approval via lobbying by consumer and business groups, well before there are scientific guidelines for clinical use.
- Tanveer Ahmed
January
This is why you procrastinate (and here’s how to fix it)
Most people believe doing tasks in the future will somehow be easier, but a recent study shows there are two ways to help tackle procrastination.
- Richard Sima
I decided to Marie Kondo my life
Having helped us to declutter our homes, the guru now has her sights on streamlining our lifestyles. I tried out her methods.
- Kate Bussmann
- Opinion
- Opinion
Don’t worry – you don’t always need to be happy
Even if we want to buy into the modern happiness cult, most of us can’t help but notice that life frequently just sucks.
- Andreas Kluth
December 2022
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Remedy for housing shortage
Buy-to-rent slump; housing price cap; year 12 results; Medicare and clinical psychology; gas market intervention; fossil fuels; Vanguard’s net zero exit.
November 2022
What FTX’s in-house performance coach saw before the implosion
George Lerner, a psychiatrist who has worked at the collapsed crypto exchange since last year, says he is just as surprised as you are.
- Kevin Roose
October 2022
The big name VCs backing Aussie magic mushrooms start-up
Main Sequence Ventures-backed Psylo is developing new therapies to treat mental illness modelled on naturally occurring psychedelics such as psilocybin.
- Yolanda Redrup
