Psyche Magazine

Psyche Magazine

By: Psyche

Language: en

Categories: Society, Culture, Philosophy

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality. Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and living well. Free to read and now free to listen. Discover articles and videos at psyche.co. ...

Episodes

Muscle memory
Jan 09, 2026

How transitioning upended my own gendered understanding of strength, desirability, and power.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and...

Duration: 00:08:33
Heidegger knew that we are always outside, weathering the storms
Jan 08, 2026

We aren’t safe inside separate minds. Being-in-the-world means we’re entangled and vulnerable – and that’s how we flourish.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your jou...

Duration: 00:12:16
Aftershock
Jan 07, 2026

A random shooting left me with crippling PTSD. Could magnetic stimulation of my brain quiet the terror?.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to...

Duration: 00:09:53
Forever compelled
Jan 07, 2026

In an investigation of compulsions, a book connects our modern understanding of OCD to accounts from previous eras.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey...

Duration: 00:02:18
How to think differently about procrastination
Jan 06, 2026

Avoid the trap of thinking you’re either working or not. A different mindset promises less self-judgment and more progress.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on yo...

Duration: 00:18:05
What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness
Jan 05, 2026

Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey...

Duration: 00:09:48
Learning to inhale
Dec 24, 2025

I brought my newborn to visit a hospice patient. It took me far from what I’d thought medicine was.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on yo...

Duration: 00:09:18
Curious about a digital ‘detox’? Here’s what you should know
Dec 24, 2025

For many who are chronically connected, a break from tech sounds appealing. Research is uncovering when and how it helps.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on...

Duration: 00:10:47
It’s a gift to share reality with someone
Dec 23, 2025

My partner and I often seem to respond to the world in similar ways. Research suggests this may have benefits for us both.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is...

Duration: 00:02:10
How to start learning dance
Dec 23, 2025

Follow these steps to find a style of movement that will captivate you – even if you’ve never seen yourself as a dancer.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a co...

Duration: 00:27:39
My chatbot therapist
Dec 22, 2025

Constant access, near-perfect memory, analytic reach – ChatGPT provides things a therapist never could.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self an...

Duration: 00:11:02
The Teds
Dec 19, 2025

Like characters outgrowing their creator, our teddy bears developed lives of their own.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self...

Duration: 00:12:49
How to talk to someone who’s grieving
Dec 18, 2025

It’s normal to worry you’ll say the wrong thing. Here’s how to ensure your words and gestures are as supportive as possible.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche...

Duration: 00:15:40
A painting that captures perfectionism
Dec 18, 2025

When you need to complete a complex task, imagine daubing paint on a canvas rather than perfecting intricate brushwork.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your...

Duration: 00:02:15
Your purpose isn’t something to find, it’s something you form
Dec 17, 2025

In my therapy office, I’ve found that to live with greater purpose, we must think differently about where it comes from.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a co...

Duration: 00:10:45
Trafficked
Dec 16, 2025

Cast out by my family as a child, I was groomed by a sex trafficker. I’m finally done with cowering.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on...

Duration: 00:11:31
We’re losing trust in civic institutions – can we get it back?
Dec 15, 2025

Historically, trust in institutions freed us to do extraordinary things. They can be flawed, but we lose them at our peril.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion...

Duration: 00:13:52
Why kama muta is an emotion worth seeking
Dec 12, 2025

I wasn’t quite sure what this moving, warm-and-fuzzy feeling was, until research put a name to it: ‘kama muta’.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your j...

Duration: 00:02:18
Tolerance isn’t just nice, it’s a civic virtue we all can build
Dec 12, 2025

At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness...

Duration: 00:12:11
The long goodbye
Dec 11, 2025

Losing my father to forgetting and my brother to silence, I grieve the living in two different ways.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey...

Duration: 00:08:36
How to talk to yourself
Dec 10, 2025

Self-talk is a proven way to boost motivation, think clearly and process your emotions. These tips will help you use it well.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a...

Duration: 00:15:44
Loafing around at Rikers
Dec 10, 2025

What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught me about work and friendship.

Psyche audio helps you to better understand yourself and others through expert guides, provocative ideas and personal life stories. We address psychological questions and puzzles from a range of perspectives including philosophy, history, anthropology and more. You will discover practical knowledge and insights to help you navigate everyday challenges, overcome difficulties and find meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Psyche is a nonprofit digital magazine. With a dedication to pluralism and openness, Psyche is a companion on your journey to better knowing your self and...

Duration: 00:09:57