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Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts ...

is a data analyst with a background in linguistics and psychology. She lives in Taipei, Taiwan.

is a resident psychiatrist and freelance writer based in London, UK.

is lecturer in law at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. Before becoming a legal academic, she was an attorney in the Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy team at an Indian law firm.

is a storyteller, educator, and story editor based in Portland, Maine. She has won two Moth GrandSLAM championships, co-founded The Moth’s Education Program in 2012, and earned her PhD in narrative ...

is the principal investigator of the Solitude Lab and associate professor in psychology at Durham University in the UK. She is also a co-author of Solitude: The Science and Power of Being Alone (2024) ...