Inside the mind of a dark empath

Thought-provoking culture, insightful science and inspirational snippets to bring you up to date on all things uplifting, hopeful and happy-making

We’re getting up close and personal with empathy, its benefits, and how to cultivate more of it

Notice how you put everyone else’s happiness above your own? It’s time to change the narrative, says psychotherapist Meg Josephson. Here, she identifies the six types of people pleasers – and how to break the cycle

FOR HELEN LEWIS, THERE IS A “POLITICAL message ...

The power of storytelling can change how we view our reality — and it can even change that reality itself, writes psychologist Jessica Zucker

For a long time we’ve been focusing on dopamine detoxes, but do we need more, not less, of the d-word? And could a lack be the real culprit behind treatment-resistant depression, asks Emma Green