History of emotions
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‘It cannot be helped’: on facing death as calmly as a pirate
by Rebecca Simon
Learning and education
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Why I shut down an argument in my philosophy for children class
by Amy Reed-Sandoval
Difficult emotions
guide
How to calm your inner storm
When your emotions become too painful and overwhelming, regain control using skills from dialectical behaviour therapy
by Sheri Van Dijk
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Painting and sculpture
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Looking at portraits with an eye to evolutionary psychology
by Dan Sperber
Difficult emotions
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You can train yourself to find disgusting things less gross
by Shiu Wong
Stories and literature
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Craft your own renaissance with tips from Boccaccio’s Decameron
by Dan Turello
Trauma
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History teachers are no longer just educators but trauma specialists
by Nena Močnik
Artists and movements
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One Kandinsky, one viewer and one guard, in a Moscow power station
Directed by Nastia Korkia
Nature
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Nature is good for you. That doesn’t mean we should prescribe it
by Jeremy Mynott
Change and self-development
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How to motivate yourself to change
Change is hard, but it’s possible. Use motivational interviewing techniques to build your confidence, and take the plunge
by Angela Wood & Ralph Wood
Neurodiversity
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When the mind is dark, making art is a thrilling way to see
by Adam Zeman
Chronic pain
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Solving chronic pain via the kitchen, not the medicine cabinet
by Rowena Field
The self
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When your authenticity is an act, something’s gone wrong
by Joseph E Davis
Childhood and adolescence
film
Join a local boy’s tour of the Antigua that visiting cruise ships never see
Directed by Shabier Kirchner
Thinkers and theories
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What Arthur Schopenhauer learned about genius at the asylum
by David Bather Woods