Breaking Free of the Culture Around You

Breaking Free of the Culture Around You

In today's episode we discuss how you can come to understand the psychology of your culture, your society and your zeitgiest, and how this can help you when you are trying to determine your own values. In particular we describe three virtues upheld by Western culture; Freedom, Happiness & Convenience, and we discuss the benefits and dark sides of each. Audio-Essay by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Curmi is a consultant general adult psychiatrist with a sub-speciality in addictions who complete...

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We're on Break this week! Announcements & Housekeeping

We're on Break this week! Announcements & Housekeeping

This week we're taking a well deserved break, so if you're looking for something to listen to you can check out one of our recent episodes - including our episode last week breaking down the factors t...

29 Marras 20243min

Sixteen Ways Psychotherapy Can Help You

Sixteen Ways Psychotherapy Can Help You

Today Alex discusses 16 factors common to most kinds of therapy which help people to improve the quality of their lives including skills development, gaining new insights about old patterns, forming a...

22 Marras 202423min

E102 - Fundamentals of Self-Development (Fear of failure, Procrastination, Breaking Patterns, Self-Acceptance)

E102 - Fundamentals of Self-Development (Fear of failure, Procrastination, Breaking Patterns, Self-Acceptance)

Today Alex chats with Dr. Alex Meaburn, a speciality doctor in psychiatry who has been working on the podcast behind the scenes. They discuss some of the fundamentals of self-development including how...

15 Marras 20241h 16min

E101- How Does Nature Help us Heal? (with Prof. Chris Dayson & Dr. Annette Haywood)

E101- How Does Nature Help us Heal? (with Prof. Chris Dayson & Dr. Annette Haywood)

What is the effect of nature on our mental health? Today Alex speaks with Prof. Chris Dayson & Dr. Annette Haywood, who have conducted research involving 8000 people, who were given nature-based inter...

8 Marras 202454min

E100 - How can I Start my Creative Project? 8 Lessons from 100 Episodes

E100 - How can I Start my Creative Project? 8 Lessons from 100 Episodes

In this episode Alex discusses 8 lessons he learned from making the first 100 episodes of the podcast, including how to deal with success and failure, internal and external obstacles, creativity, peri...

1 Marras 202424min

Five Maddening Things About the Modern World

Five Maddening Things About the Modern World

In this week's podcast we discuss five different problems facing the modern world, including the decline in critical thinking, political polarisation, the overreliance on technology and more, and how ...

24 Loka 202431min

E99 - Should we Prescribe Pets for Mental Health Problems? (with Prof. Nancy Gee)

E99 - Should we Prescribe Pets for Mental Health Problems? (with Prof. Nancy Gee)

Nancy Gee, Ph.D is a Professor of Psychiatry in Human Animal Interaction, and the Director of the Centre for Human Animal Interaction at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. The Cen...

17 Loka 20241h 1min

Ask Me Anything #2: Men's Mental Health, Addiction, Burnout, Grief, Dating apps and Critical Thinking

Ask Me Anything #2: Men's Mental Health, Addiction, Burnout, Grief, Dating apps and Critical Thinking

This is a recording of a Q & A session at Riddlesdown collegiate, a secondary school in South London. For this session, specifically aimed at male staff, Alex was interviewed by Deputy Head of College...

10 Loka 20241h 13min

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