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Leadership consulting is stupid

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On managing magic mushroom experiences

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No action without emotion

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Solving the say-do-gap

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Saving the planet is an illusion

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The value of ritual

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On Cults

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Malcolm Gladwell Shit

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Knowledge is just easy measurement

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Everything is Choice Architecture

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Abstractions as Gods

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Obscuring Banalities

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Trans-opportunism is boring

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The colour of the inhuman world

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A Science of Discontent

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Everything is ideology

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Spirituality of Mind

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Useful Pharmacology

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Our success is not our own

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The value of relationship control

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The five stages of grief are a lie

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Explaining group dynamics

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The origin of insight

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Neurotransmitters are a confidence game

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It's not 'just' a placebo

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The trap of scientific evidence

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The beauty of stress

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The amygdala is a distraction

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Meaning and its patterns in the brain

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Animals First

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Amusing Ourselves to Death

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Voluntary Censorship

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The Value of the Sacred

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In praise of the sage

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Emotion and the Mind

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The Scientific Ritual

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Insight and the Sciences

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Varela's Gestures

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Half Awake

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The Millennium Myth

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From Zero

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Server 102: Access Everywhere

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Server 101: A Digital Foundation

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Solving the Paradox of Tolerance

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Existential Therapy

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Eating well

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All food is toxic

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Autopoiesis: the origin of complex thought

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A narrative of 'grit'

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Genetics is nurture

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The nuance in Maslow's Hierarchy

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States of Mind

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Consciousness vs Conscious Access

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Your personality doesn't belong to you

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Elemental Personalities

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The flaws of the human perspective

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Advice on brain science from a farming manual

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Female zealots

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How we choose our psychic predators

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The sophists: natural justice or social justice?

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Things to be worried about: hydraulic despotism

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The true meaning of family ties

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The loneliness epidemic

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The predictability of humans

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Successful Prophets

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Folie à deux: the madness of two

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What use is the cloud

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Creating a digital home for our digital selves

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Incidental Talent

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The value of the details of trauma

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The trouble with repressed memories

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Weber's 'charismatic leader' is misleading

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Teenage brains aren't undeveloped, they're just doing something else

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Four stages of competence

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Zone of Proximal Development

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On Emotion

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Why people lie to you (and you let them)

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Annoying media trends explained by the propaganda model of Herman and Chompsky

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Chompsky's 'Manufacturing Consent' explains everything that's ever pissed you off about the news

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What lies beneath? The uncomfortably vague 'unconscious processes'

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The absurd artificial divide that's making money off racism

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We're setting goals wrong, we're missing the point, and it's troubling

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The New Democracy

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Who was Plato and Why Should We Care

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Common sense isn't as helpful as you'd like, and neither is the truth

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Why being sad isn't always a bad thing

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Honey-bees are smarter than they should be

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On attraction and love

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The false promise of a return to nature

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Avoiding the scientific ego problem

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Why catharsis is a (dangerous) lie

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Alert - IQ scores are meaningless

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The three reasons why everyone is so 'cliquey'

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Attractiveness might be more about the environment, than about you

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Coming together - the pattern of friendship and love

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Learned helplessness is darker (and less understood) than you think

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The most powerful way to get someone to like you, is to like them first

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Sexual Attraction - What turns us on in others?

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Why your unconscious isn't the bad guy

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How being clumsy makes you better looking (according to psychologists)

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Why polygamy might be more natural than you thought

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The Friendship Checklist

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Four ways to be attractive (and one you've probably overlooked)

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How being selfish can make people like you more

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Why the best part of your brain is hiding under the stairs

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Alert - your brain leaves you open to manipulation

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What do dreams really mean?

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Four definitions of attractiveness that'll change how you view it

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Take action - be more creative (and other things)

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Why being 'needy' isn't such a bad thing

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Three ways science is being corrupted by money

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Why some science is ignored (even when it's crucial)

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Why no one ever takes your advice

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How scientists are lying to you

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Four models of psychopathology (all of which are problematic)

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Why a 'scientific fact' isn't quite what they taught you in school

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The five types of couple (which one are you?)

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Academic publishers - the biggest evil you didn't know existed

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How our bodies treat rejection like physical pain

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How the media screws you with 'science'

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Happiness is a direction

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How fake research articles are making you fat

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The brain quirk that changes what (and who) you like

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Four reasons you'll always agree to this kind of request

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Why you would jump off a bridge if everyone else was doing it

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Rejection changes your DNA

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How reading (good) non-fiction books builds your empathy

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Why kids can't lie but you can (the key to emotional intelligence)

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How to replicate Christmas cheer the rest of the year

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How to win Christmas (according to psychology)

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The psychology behind three common job interview questions

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The secret to remembering

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The three aspects of the unique human experience

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Three reasons why you’re unhappy in the workplace

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The psychology behind four horrible job interview questions

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Seven ways to hack a conversation

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Two ways to beat those early conversation jitters

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Useful stereotypes

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The (game-show like) future of job interviews

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How to read research like a pro in five minutes

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How to remember effectively (and why you're doing it wrong)

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Why other people's failures will stop you from achieving

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How to boost your 'intelligence' (and what intelligence really is)

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Why job interviews make it harder to get a job

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Why we ignore the biggest part of who we are

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You don't understand negative reinforcement

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How the term 'role model' came into being

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You're studying wrong; encoding specificity

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Four reasons you should meditate (according to the science)

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What kind of (armchair) psychologist are you?

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How our memory is divided (and how to maximise it)

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How always being right makes you dumber

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How memory works, learned from a person with half a brain

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Your mind ain't telling you the whole truth

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Children strike back - Bobo doll experiments

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How to terrify an infant

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The struggle to be good; early psychology

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The 'inkblot test' ain't worth your time

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Mommy and I are one - subliminal messaging is bloody weird

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Talking to yourself ain't crazy (but you're doing it wrong)

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How conversation sparks intimacy

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The power of touch - Four extraordinary effects

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How to get people to pay attention

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What is love?

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The 'love' hormone isn't so lovely

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Learning isn't all about memory

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The 'truth' about social anxiety and just how debilitating it is

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Coming apart - the pattern of relationship breakdown

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How your brain determines your religion (and other things)

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What drives our sexual preferences; babies or people?

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Are you brave enough to be creative?

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Why you can't get rid of the rubbish in your garage

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The 'truth' about panic attacks (and why everyone is vulnerable)

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Broken Brains - the terrifying things everyone is capable of doing (Part 4)

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How some 'psychics' use psychology to screw you

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How poverty stops you thinking straight (and other things)

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One simple sentence literally doubles your persuasiveness - But-You-Are Free

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How a dodgy source will persuade you better - the sleeper effect

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Photoshop for the mind - the halo effect

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Why you aren't as happy as you could be

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How having choices makes us unhappy (and how to make them work for you)

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How 'self-control' might make you unhappier (and other things)

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Why incompetent people are unaware of how incompetent they are

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Why we're committing ecocide - the psychology (and other things)

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Don't waste time on 'promising' relationships

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The sixth sense is real and it's usually right (and other things)

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How to stop your partner leaving you

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Why OCD is a lot worse than you thought

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Why you should always wear your nice clothes (and other things)

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How hypnotism works? Four common myths BUSTED

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Warning - you aren't in control of your behaviour

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The Quest for Charisma Chapter One

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The Pursuit of the Perfect Relationship Chapter One

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You're lying to yourself (and it's a good thing)

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People think you're a jerk (here's how to fix it)

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The secret behind why so many people are jerks (and how to get rid of them)

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The four ways we learn (and how they limit us)

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Broken brains - the terrifying things everyone is capable of doing (Part 2)

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Domestic Violence is more common than you think

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Broken brains - the terrifying things everyone is capable of doing (Part 3)

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Broken brains - the terrifying things everyone is capable of doing (Part 1)

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Are people always shutting you down? This might be why (and the reason might surprise you)

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Why do we speak in tongues

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Your smile might have more effect on you than those you're smiling at

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The Difference Between Anger, Hurt and Hate—it's about power

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Three random things that make you more attractive

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Do you believe in destiny? Or growth? The rules that govern relationships

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What we want in our partners (it's more simple than you think)

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Don't always believe what you read

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How to never get mad again (kind of) (part two)

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The four most common causes of conflict in relationships

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Making good first impressions - a quick guide to presence

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Approach anxiety - step one to shaking it off

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What's an anxiety disorder and why should you care?

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What everyone ought to know about Jealousy

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What's the deal with cheaters?

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What's the value of Friendship (hint - it's more important thank you think)

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The secret to sexual satisfaction (and it's not what you've been told)

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Fighting with your friend or partner? Here's why

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Are homosexuals and heterosexuals different when it comes to relationships?

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Five kinds of arguments that get us nowhere

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Four common problems men and women have when talking to each other

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Who else wants to know what the point of love is?

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Why some people are 'cold', others are 'clingy', and some just can't let go

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How to make any fight in your relationship work in your favour

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The five types of couple and the 'magic' rule for relationship stability

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Five ways of thinking that'll spell relationship trouble

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Is being 'gay' a choice? Science says yes (but not in the way you're thinking)

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Sex is about more than making babies

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Why people think they're your friend (when they aren't)

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How to never get mad again (kind of)

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The Four Types of Relationships

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Four Sure Signs Your Relationship is on the Rocks

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What's Love Got to do With It?

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Seven ways psychologists think about relationships that you can hack to better your own

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The Types of Love - From Friends to Flings

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