Autism on Trial: How a Diagnosis Is Shaping Courtroom Defences 👩⚖️
What happens when a mind doesn’t follow the rules—but is judged by a system that does? Autism is changing how we understand guilt, intent, and justice in the courtroom.
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Anxiety: Demystified
Panic Attack vs. Anxiety Attack: What’s the Difference, and Why It Matters 🤷♂️
Confused about panic vs. anxiety attacks? You’re not alone. This guide breaks down key differences, symptoms, and how to respond—so you can name what you're feeling and start to take control.
Anxiety: Demystified
What Is an Anxiety Disorder? A Comprehensive Guide to Types, Symptoms, and Causes 😳
What is an anxiety disorder, and how is it different from everyday stress? This guide explores the types, symptoms, causes, and treatments of anxiety disorders—offering clarity, science-backed tools, and support for anyone navigating the complexities of anxiety and mental health.
Talking to the dead: what happens when we bring back loved ones using AI 🧟
Losing loved ones is awful. The grief that comes from it can and does last for days, weeks, and sometimes, years. There are countless books, seminars, retreats and therapists dedicated to just helping people deal with their grief: that exquisitely painful experience of learning to let a loved one go.
Viewless YouTubers: What I learned watching 100s of hours of raw, unpolished humanity 🤔
👆👆Listen to the audio version above! 👆👆 The world seems a bit rubbish right now, doesn’t it? Open any digital device and a bleak picture is quickly painted. I don’t have to tell you that it’s gloomy out there. In response I was going to write another version
Welcome to the post-shame age 🤦♂️
Something odd is going on. Have you noticed people’s behaviour, especially those in the public eye, has become a little, well, shameless? Public figures have been, it seems, living in a world where the effects of shame that rule over so many of us seem to not apply. Whether
Why women are embracing solitude more than ever 🫂
👆👆Audio version here!👆👆 Welcome to the third and final part of my solitude series: a deep dive into how our modern world has pushed us to spend more time on our own. While this series has looked at men and dating, I’m now turning my steely gaze to women.
Love in the age of AI 😍
Happy Valentine’s Day! What better reason is there to write a newsletter if not for love? ABSOLUTELY BLOODY NONE. But this ode to cupid is taking a slightly different approach. You see, this newsletter is part of my Solitude Series, a look at how people are spending more time
Why are men turning their back on the world? 🙅♂️
👆👆Podcast version of this week's newsletter above!👆👆 More solitude! Oh yes, continuing from last week’s newsletter, I’m taking a closer look at how the modern age is doing strangely unique things to us and our relationships. While last week was all about how we’re all
Lonely, alone, and on our own - how solitude is changing our world 🙍♀️
We spend more time alone than ever before. We eat alone, we socialise alone, we entertain ourselves alone, and more recently, we’ve even started having relationships on our own. Health organisations have been talking about the dangers of loneliness for years. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared loneliness to
Why your new year's resolutions almost always fail 🤷♀️
👆👆Podcast version of today's newsletter above! 👆👆 Happy 2025 you beautiful b*stards. As is the tradition every year, I’ve no doubt you already have a list of new year’s resolutions locked and loaded in the shiny new achievement cannon you bought yourself for Christmas. This year
Today might the worst day of your life, and that's ok 😔
That’s quite the headline, isn’t it? But then again, you’re reading this on Christmas Day. Desperate times calls for desperate measures etc. If you are reading this on Christmas Day, here’s some food for thought: if there are 8 billion people on the planet, and the