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Maslow and the Paradox of Personal Growth

I should have been over the moon. I had just experienced my biggest ‘success’ with The Weekend University. We had moved our ‘Sleep & Dreams’ event to a new venue, sold all 320 seats, and had three great talks. Normally, we have a ‘pub social’ after every event where attendees

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Seeking Clarity

I’ve been going through a bit of a crisis lately. My plan is to do a Masters Conversion degree in Psychology this September. But the problem is – I’m not 100% sure about what to do after yet. I know I’m fascinated by the subject, and I know I want

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The Evolution of Human Cooperation

 Ever wonder how we went from this:  To this?   In other words, how did we go from small insignificant primates on the savannas of Africa, to building large cooperative societies with hundreds of millions of members? It’s tempting to think technological innovations were the driving forces. The invention of

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Giving it all Away

There are three types of people: Givers, takers and matchers. Takers like to get more than they give. Matchers aim to preserve an equal balance between giving and getting. Givers prefer to give more than they get, and often give without expecting anything in return. Adam Grant spent 10 years

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Diabetes is Good for You.

I remember being at diabetic camp when I was 8. We stayed in a castle. One of the kids there referred to people without diabetes as ‘muggles.’ This was the first time I heard someone talk about diabetes in a positive way. My brother sent me an article today claiming

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Happy to be a work in progress.

I’ve wanted to start a blog for about 2 years. I’d keep writing posts until they were about 95% finished and then deleting them. They had to be perfect. Last week, I was walking back from the shop with my younger brother Jude and told him this. He laughed and

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