by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 25, 2026 | Book reviews, Journal
The chair still waiting for someone who won’t be back. Professor Tanya Byron: “This is not depression. This is grief.” A clinical psychologist spent three decades teaching other people to tell the difference between pain and pathology. When her own...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 24, 2026 | Book reviews, Journal
Sir Norman Lamb: “We owe it to all of them to change.” Photo: UK Parliament (CC BY 3.0) Sir Norman Lamb was the minister in charge of England’s mental health policy. But it wasn’t a briefing paper that shaped his thinking most — it was his...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 18, 2026 | Journal, Wellness watch
Two thousand years old, held up to modern scrutiny… A Big Think interview with philosopher Massimo Pigliucci has been doing the rounds, making the case that Stoicism isn’t just an ancient curiosity but a philosophy with real evidence behind it. The claim is more...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 15, 2026 | Journal, News clippings
Dr Max Pemberton, the psychiatrist who diagnosed himself. A psychiatrist with over twenty years experience had himself assessed for ADHD as research for a documentary. He was diagnosed, prescribed medication – but doesn’t accept the diagnosis. His account raises...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 15, 2026 | Journal, Wellness watch
Real therapy, borrowed sound – the mechanism is genuine, the marketing does the rest. Social feeds have started filling up with ads for “EMDR-inspired bilateral audio” – sound that moves between your left and right ear, promising to calm an overactive mind...
