Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchE73 - Why Do We Fall Apart? (with Vincent Deary)
Vincent Deary is a practitioner health psychologist and professor of health psychology at Northumbria University, where his research focuses on the development of new psychosocial interventions for p…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
You Are What You Focus On
What if you are focusing on the wrong things? In this podcast we discuss the concept of selective attention and focus, why we have selective attention, how this interacts with our beliefs and expecta…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
E72 - What can Exercise do for your Mental Health? (with Professor Brendon Stubbs)
Professor Dr Brendon Stubbs is a clinical-academic physiotherapist whose research focuses on physical activity and mental health and the mind-body interface. Brendon has published over 500 Internatio…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
E71 - Is Autism a Disability or a Difference? (with Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen)
Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, and Director of the Autism Centre at Cambridge University. He is the author of 600 scientific articles and 4 books, includ…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
E70 - How do we deal with our Mortality? (with Professor Sheldon Solomon)
Sheldon Solomon is an American social psychologist. He is a professor of psychology at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Solomon is best known for developing terror management theory, a…
Published on 2 years ago
This is the End
As the New Year approaches, we decided to make a short podcast all about endings, the importance of endings in psychotherapy, and how to orient yourself towards endings (small and large) in your own …
Published on 2 years ago
The Psychology of Christmas
This week the team is taking a much deserved break for the holidays, but we are re-posting this 2021 episode where Anya and Alex discuss the psychological significance and historical origins of Chris…
Published on 2 years ago
E69: What Can Research tell us about Suicide? (With Professor Nav Kapur)
Professor Nav Kapur is an academic psychiatrist, working at Manchester University and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. He leads the suicide work programme of the National Confidential Inquiry into S…
Published on 2 years ago
Narcissism & Napoleon
In this week's podcast we examine Narcissism through the lens of Napoleon and other characters in film. We explore, the different ways narcissism can manifest itself (including malignant, grandiose, …
Published on 2 years ago
E68: Dopamine, Addiction, Recovery, Social Media (with Dr. Anna Lembke)
Dr. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist and author. She is the Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Dopam…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago