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, 2026How 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: 00:08:33Heidegger knew that we are always outside, weathering the storms
Jan 08, 2026We 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: 00:12:16Aftershock
Jan 07, 2026A 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: 00:09:53Forever compelled
Jan 07, 2026In 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: 00:02:18How to think differently about procrastination
Jan 06, 2026Avoid 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: 00:18:05What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness
Jan 05, 2026Scientists 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: 00:09:48Learning to inhale
Dec 24, 2025I 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: 00:09:18Curious about a digital ‘detox’? Here’s what you should know
Dec 24, 2025For 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: 00:10:47It’s a gift to share reality with someone
Dec 23, 2025My 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: 00:02:10How to start learning dance
Dec 23, 2025Follow 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.
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Duration: 00:27:39My chatbot therapist
Dec 22, 2025Constant 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: 00:11:02The Teds
Dec 19, 2025Like 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: 00:12:49How to talk to someone who’s grieving
Dec 18, 2025It’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: 00:15:40A painting that captures perfectionism
Dec 18, 2025When 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: 00:02:15Your purpose isn’t something to find, it’s something you form
Dec 17, 2025In 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: 00:10:45Trafficked
Dec 16, 2025Cast 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: 00:11:31We’re losing trust in civic institutions – can we get it back?
Dec 15, 2025Historically, 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: 00:13:52Why kama muta is an emotion worth seeking
Dec 12, 2025I 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: 00:02:18Tolerance isn’t just nice, it’s a civic virtue we all can build
Dec 12, 2025At 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: 00:12:11The long goodbye
Dec 11, 2025Losing 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: 00:08:36How to talk to yourself
Dec 10, 2025Self-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.
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Duration: 00:15:44Loafing around at Rikers
Dec 10, 2025What 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