Matt Hussey

Therapy speak is everywhere. Throw a digital stick into the internet ether and you’ll clatter into people being “toxic” or “gaslighting” someone else. Keep going and you’ll find a galaxy of narcissists not maintaining their boundaries, and preventing everyone else from practising self care. Search “gaslighting” on YouTube

“Take a deep breath”, “find your inner calm,” “channel your peace”, and so on. Mindfulness is big business. Mediation apps alone, pull in about $100 million for their owners every year. Zoom out a little further, and the mindfulness industrial complex is a monster. When folded into the Wellness Industry,

Your emotions rot. That’s a phrase you don’t often hear. But using this slightly macabre description of how we feel is a powerful way of understanding how we change. Let me explain. When we think of ourselves, what makes up that idea will be a mix of memories,

If you've always tried to avoid a fuck or bugger when in the company of others, it turns out you might be missing out. That's according to author Emma Byrne and her book Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language. In it

A lot of people are going through a lot right now. As we've touched on before, the cost of living crisis, global 'boiling', and the uncertainty around the economy has meant we dream more, sleep less, and feel less in control. But, says a group of

Our immune system is great at keeping you alive, but it turns out, it also plays a role in our social interactions, and even our personality, according to researchers at the University of Virginia. Historically, scientists believed the immune system and the brain never talked to each other. But now,