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Understanding Tourette Syndrome Beyond the Stereotypes
What the film I Swear reveals about misunderstanding, stigma, and why education matters more than sympathy
Jan 20
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David Webb
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Music, Memory, and the Life Stories We Listen To
How playlists become emotional archives, preserve identity, and shape who we are over time
Jan 16
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David Webb
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Why Doing Nothing Feels So Hard
What a famous psychology experiment reveals about the mind’s default mode, attention, and our uneasy relationship with inner quiet
Jan 13
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David Webb
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The Craving to Be Appreciated
What William James, psychology, and everyday life reveal about one of our deepest human needs
Jan 10
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David Webb
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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Harm
A conversation with Jack El-Hai on history, psychology, and moral judgment
Jan 8
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David Webb
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Passive Aggression: When Hostility Hides in Plain Sight
Why resentment, contempt, and avoidance so often come out sideways
Jan 6
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David Webb
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The Placebo Effect: How Expectation Shapes Experience
From everyday performance to pain, healing, and the brain
Jan 3
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David Webb
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A New Year, a Thank You, and a Small Gift
A wish for 2026, and a free psychology book to say thanks for being part of this journey
Jan 1
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David Webb
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December 2025
The Psychology of Stranger Things
How trauma, grief, friendship, and resilience shape us when fear doesn’t disappear
Dec 27, 2025
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David Webb
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When Reading Doesn’t Look the Same for Everyone
A journey into imagination, inner imagery, and the overlooked phenomenon of aphantasia
Dec 23, 2025
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David Webb
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Why “That Sounds Like Me” Is Such a Powerful Feeling
The psychology behind personal insight, validation, and misplaced certainty
Dec 20, 2025
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David Webb
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Believing Is Seeing
How illusions, attention, and expectation shape what we notice, remember, and feel certain about
Dec 17, 2025
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David Webb
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