Barriers Are in Your Mind | The Spark
AdultsHumanMental HealthSelf...After Albert Lin lost his leg in an accident, he chose to become bionic and rethink his entire world.
What Being Bullied Actually Does To You
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Triangle Bob used to be my bully, but more recently I've been bullying him. What happens to people when they get bullied?
How To Make The Best Mashed Potatoes
AdultsCreativityFoodSelfA step-by-step guide to creating your ultimate mash.
The Scientific Benefits of Boredom
AdultsCreativitySciencePsychology...Boredom makes you more creative, altruistic, introspective, and helps with autobiographical planning.
I Got Popular...And It Changed Me
AdultsSelfSocietyMental Health...Isaiah had never been cool or popular. He was known as strange, the weird kid - the weirdo - and he stuck to himself. The mean girls and popular kids didn't help his shyness, really hurt his self-esteem, and so, after middle school, he was determined to make high school different.
The Dangers of Thinking Too Much; And Thinking Too Little
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...There are dangers associated both with thinking too much - and thinking too little. The trick is to use our minds to access our most sincere, authentic and original thoughts.
How To Be Confident
AdultsSelfSocietyMental HealthThe fastest route to confidence is to stop being so attached to one's dignity and seriousness; and plainly admit that one is - of course - an idiot. We all are.
How Not to be Boring
AdultsCreativityHumanSociety...No one is ever boring: we just seem boring when we haven't learnt the surprisingly easy art of being honest about our vulnerabilities.
Why We Don't Really Want to be Nice
AdultsCultureSocietyPsychology...Being 'nice' sounds a bit eerie and strange. It shouldn't really.
How We Lie to Ourselves
AdultsHumanPsychologySociety...We are masters at knowing how to lie to ourselves. We pay a heavy price for this self-deception.
The Importance of Vulnerability
AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsSelf...We often imagine that what will win us friends and esteem is strength. But surprisingly, it's vulnerability that's at the core of friendship and likeability. This is an invitation to make friends with one's own weaknesses.
Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? - Maryam Alimardani
AdultsPsychologySciencePhilosophy...Our bodies - the physical, biological parts of us - and our minds - the thinking, conscious aspects - have a complicated, tangled relationship. Which one primarily defines you or your self? Are you a body with a mind or a mind with a body? Maryam Alimardani investigates.
The Problem With Our Phones
AdultsAddictionTechnologyMental Health...They are hugely useful of course but in many ways, we buy the advantages our phones give us at a subtly high price we don't entirely recognise. Some reflections on how to live well around phones.
How to Process Your Emotions
AdultsHumanPsychologyMental Health...In order to be calm and at ease with ourselves, we need regular periods where we do something rather strange-sounding: process our emotions. Here is a guide to this essential psychological move.
You Are Not What You Earn
AdultsPersonal FinanceSocietyWork...The modern world firmly equates how much we earn with how good, noble, wise and worthy of honour we are. This is a brutal misunderstanding of how salaries are determined. We need to operate with a far more nuanced view of what the money we earn says about us.
How to Remain Calm With People
AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsMental Health..."One of the most fundamental paths to calm is the power to hold on, even in very challenging situations, to a distinction between what someone does - and what they meant to do....."