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Phew. I’m not alone, it seems, in my enthusiasm for poetry’s healing power. No less an organisation than UNESCO (the United Nations...

If you find yourself tossing and turning at night, your mind buzzing with thoughts — among them why you are not asleep — you are not...

Photo by MLucan on Wikipedia, CC SA-BY 3.0) I am an Italian writer and contributor to Inspire the Mind , and I was born in a country known for the wrong type of political avant-garde. We had the first fascist party in Europe and managed to switch sides in both world wars. The social reform movements that started in the 60s descended into violence in the 70s, taking the country on the brink of civil war. Twenty years later, Berlusconi invented the modern populist political sty

An interview with our new columnist, a psychologist and a mother, Dr Alessandra Biaggi Ahead of the launch of the new column “The...

Running a small independent business is already a challenge with small margins and the ever-increasing inflation. Try doing that under...

There are two types of creatives in this world; those who are hounded day and night by ideas forcing their way into the mind with jagged...

Chat GPT is the AI chat bot that is taking over the internet. At first glance it seems amazing and feels almost straight out of a Sci-Fi...

A prospective interdisciplinary curriculum integrating arts, health, and humanities at King’s College London A group of academics at...

As a stress researcher from Turkey, I was finalizing a manuscript on the long-term impact of trauma when my world turned upside down with...

As a person from Ukraine, living in Berlin, I never understood when people here complained about lousy winter weather. The temperatures...

When you hear ‘eating disorder’, there’s probably a particular image that comes to mind – a white, teenage girl, emaciated, anorexic....

On the morning of February 24th, 2022, I was woken up at 5 am by a phone call from my mother, who simply said: “A full-scale invasion has...

Co written by Prof. Andrew H. Miller and Dr. Charles L. Raison Despite substantial research showing that inflammation plays a role in...

A interview about the Science special issue on brain connectivity In the morgue. That’s where Stephanie Forkel, a researcher whose work...

There are several seconds before a client enters my office or I open the “Zoom room” for a session, where I take a few deep breaths,...

Trigger warning: The following article discusses violence against women and has mentions of suicide and murder. Some readers may find...

We all have struggled with self-esteem issues at some point in our lives. Our perception of our own competence gets skewed. We start...

By Dr. Ava Easton and Dr. Thomas Pollak Trigger warning: The following article describes research about suicidal ideation, suicidal...

Behind the Science with Sofia Quaglia. Sofia and I first met in October of 2022 via Zoom. She had interviewed Carmine, Inspire the Mind...

There was a time, five or six years ago, when I got very interested in philosophical pessimism. The idea that looking at life through a...

How do you become a success in the arts without losing your mind? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself for decades. Unlike other...

Growing up, I was never taught much about periods or the female anatomy… and I was certainly never taught about mental health issues...

“Record numbers of women are reaching the age of 30 child-free, new official figures have shown” —  The Guardian “Half of women in...

Trigger warning: This blog contains discussions of mental health struggles (e.g., eating disorders, self-harm) and suicidal thoughts,...