Culture
Stories on the intersection of mental health and culture.
BIG READ: Predicting 2024's mental health megatrends
AI, wars, youth mental health, peer support, climate change, and other crucial themes.
Meet Ikea, psychotherapist
Assembling furniture for the first time in your life = being in your body = quietening the noise in your head.
🗝️ Sanity classics: Bring on the horror
Horror as exposure therapy.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: What's the protocol for sharing a therapist with friends?
Unpacking a tricky question.
"Help! My child wants space!"
Why 'space' and 'boundaries' are emotionally wrenching ideas for many parents.
"The parenting industry feeds our childhood wounds by telling us we aren't enough"
How to move beyond trauma.
🗝️ Sanity Classics: Diagnosis - angel or demon?
Mental health diagnoses are often attacked for being unscientific, oppressive, and prone to abuse. But for many, they remain the only route to dignity and sanity.
The greatest hospitality story ever, happy bacteria in your mouth, and other joyful tales
Collector's edition of uplifting stories from the internet.
Why are kids obsessed with dinosaurs?
It tells us an important story about being human.
🗝️ Sanity classics: How touch shaped the world
A fascinating cultural history of our biggest sense organ.
🥳 Ten years of crying clubs
In 2013, a visionary entrepreneur started the world's first crying club in Japan. What have we learnt about crying alone and in a pack?
Three mental health megatrends to watch in 2023
The science of psychedelics turns a corner. The app bubble grows bigger. Wellness washing begins to die.