OCD in children: when a ritual is a developmental phase and when it is a sign
Most childhood rituals are part of growing up. How to tell them from a pattern that points to OCD, how to respond at home and when to see a doctor.
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Inheritance and children: how to talk about wealth in the family
Silence about wealth doesn't protect children — they piece together their own story from fragments. How to talk about inheritance by age, what is fair between children, and where the limits are.
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Domestic violence and children: what they see even when they are not in the room
Children pick up on violence between their parents even when they are asleep behind the wall. What happens inside them, why they feel to blame, what protects them and how to talk…
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The annual review: fear of evaluation and what lies beneath it
Three days before your annual review you sleep badly, even though you know nothing is wrong. Why evaluation unsettles us so much, what school has to do with it, and how to…
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After the mistake: the doctor as “second victim”
After a complication or error, the patient suffers — and often so does the doctor, in silence. What a second victim is, how recovery unfolds and why talking to a colleague is…
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School anxiety and the fear of grades: what parents can do
School anxiety isn't about knowledge: fear wipes out what a child has learnt. What is going on inside your child, what parents unintentionally reinforce, and what to say instead of “don't worry”.
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Your first time: the expectations that do harm — and what really matters
First sex is rarely like it is in films. What the research says, why pressure and shame do more harm than the event itself, and how to look back on it.
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Impostor syndrome in creative people: when the award doesn’t convince you
Why musicians, actors, designers and writers keep doubting themselves even after awards and sold-out venues — and how to tell doubt that improves the work from doubt that only makes it costlier.
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Work without meaning: what psychology knows about why we need it
The salary arrives, your colleagues are fine, and yet you no longer know what you work for. What research says about meaningful work, why it gets lost in relationships, and how you…
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A carer with no working hours: the exhaustion nobody counts
Everyone asks how your parent is; nobody asks how the person caring is. Where carer exhaustion comes from, why it is so hard to admit and what happens in the family around…
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