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Showcasing Guides and Notes to self

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August 29, 1:30 pm

Showcasing Guides and Notes to self
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Friday 29 August 2025

During summer in the northern hemisphere, we like to pause our new publishing at Psyche and showcase some highlights from our rich and growing archive. This week we’re putting the spotlight on our Guides and Notes to Self.

Psyche Guides are our signature articles providing you with authoritative, expert-written advice on how to cope with a wide range of challenges, sharpen key life skills and embrace new hobbies and interests, from learning to write love poetry to looking after your gut health. Since Psyche’s refresh earlier this year, our written Guides are also complemented by video tutorials carefully curated by our team, covering topics such as making small talk and understanding your inner critic.

Notes to Self is a snackier format that arrived with the recent Psyche design refresh. Each Note contains a genuinely useful or thought-provoking insight shared by one of our team or a contributor, such as how to make it more likely that positive images will pop into your head.

Whichever hemisphere you reside in, whether you’re reading on the beach or commuting to work, we hope you enjoy this cocktail of articles we’ve prepared for you. We’ll be back next week for one more dive into the archive, serving up some of our other flavours of content.

Guides

Life Story

GUIDE / Poetry

How to write a love poem and make a truly lasting impression

by Dan Simpson

Idea

GUIDE / Compassion and empathy

Learn to validate others and transform your relationships

by Caroline Fleck

Idea

GUIDE / Death and dying

How to use philosophy to overcome the fear of your own death

by Sam Dresser

Idea

GUIDE / Food and drink

How to maintain a healthy gut for a healthy mind and body

by Vincent Ho

Idea

GUIDE / Communication and language

Small talk is an art, not a triviality. Here’s how you can master it

Video by the Harvard Business Review

Idea

GUIDE / Emerging therapies

The critic inside your head has something important to tell you. Here’s how to listen

Video by Esther Perel

Notes to Self

Life Story

NOTE TO SELF / Joy

Try using this technique to seed positive images in your mind

by Christian Jarrett

Life Story

NOTE TO SELF / Personality

What style is your curiosity: hunter, busybody or dancer?

by Richard Fisher

You can think about emotions like they’re little fires. Acting on an emotion is like putting wood on the fire

Read the Guide

Understand

The inner workings of the mind: emotions, memory, decision making and more.

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Relate

The bonds that tie us: family, friendships, love and community.

Explore more

Heal

Dealing with psychological challenges and sustaining body and mind in the face of adversity.

Explore more

Transcend

Finding meaning, wonder and spirituality.

Explore more

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