“Narrow minds, devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideas, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me.…
Anda RusNovember 13, 2024
“In Vietnamese, the word for missing someone and remembering them is the same: nhớ. Sometimes, when you ask me over the phone, Có nhớ mẹ…
Avanti VijayFebruary 26, 2024
On the cover of the version I have, Andrew Solomon calls “We are family” by Susan Golombok a book about love. Reaching the end of…
Magda MatetoviciJanuary 31, 2024
When meeting people from different cultures, does the way they think, act, and see the world baffle you? Are you wishing that you could experience…
Anushka SabhanamApril 5, 2023
Wanneer ik als menstruerend tienermeisje op school naar de wc’s ging moffelde ik mijn maandverband of tampons gauw weg in mijn mouw of broekzak. De…
Rosa BreedSeptember 23, 2022
Brené Brown is an American academic researcher, known for her research on shame, leadership, and vulnerability. In addition, she is famously known for her TED…
Anushka SabhanamMay 25, 2022
Carlo Rovelli is an Italian physicist and writer. In addition to his research, he has several best-selling popular science books on complicated concepts of life…
Esna Mualla GunayApril 27, 2022
Check, check, check and check. Does this sound familiar to my fellow to-do list community? Well, our attempt at being productive may well be a…
Sophie HallFebruary 18, 2022
According to the translator, art critic, and philosopher Walter Benjamin, to critique a work of art is to become its partial co-creator. By reflecting on…
Rosa BreedJanuary 19, 2022
The Dopamine Nation, written by Anna Lembke, aims to explain human’s chase for pleasure in an easily digestible manner. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist as…
Lydia TianOctober 14, 2021
Jeff Hawkins is the founder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company, and is mainly devoted to neuroscience and its connection to artificial intelligence. Seventeen years…
Anne Sophie GiacobelloSeptember 13, 2021
Who suffers more, the one who stays, or the one who has to leave? A Matter of Death and Life is a bittersweet collaborative memoir…
Arda ErginMay 21, 2021
Judges play a critical role in our society. Their decisions hold the power to commit someone to prison for the rest of their lives, to…
Esna Mualla GunayMay 3, 2021
Milgram, Sherif, Rosenhan, Zimbardo, Rosenthal. To any psychology student, these names signify the giants of social psychology whose legacy is unspeakable. However, is it really…
Milena KaprálováJanuary 6, 2021
The Psychology of Wellbeing by Gary W. Wood is witty and insightful with a psychological and philosophical take on wellbeing. This book provokes one to…
Lydia TianNovember 12, 2020
Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist who suddenly appeared in the public eye with his controversial political views a couple of years ago. In…
Esna Mualla GunayOctober 5, 2020
Victor kan niet wachten tot hij gaat studeren, zijn eigen geld heeft en op zijn eigen benen kan staan. Zijn vader heeft hij nooit gekend…
Lisanne van der VeldenSeptember 7, 2020
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. It is an insightful statement. It has been scientifically proven and it is…
Néstor Narbona ChulviJune 5, 2020
Het water komt is een open brief van Rutger Bregman aan alle burgers van Nederland. De brief lijkt goed aan te sluiten bij het bekende boek…
Julius DullaertMay 22, 2020
In Laat me toch niet gek zijn lees je gesprekken tussen de neuropsycholoog A.K. Benjamin (een pseudoniem voor de schrijver) en zijn patiënten. Elk hoofdstuk…
Lisanne van der VeldenApril 8, 2020
Boekrecensie van het boek Praten met Vreemden door Malcolm GladwellHoe vaak is het je wel niet overkomen dat er verbazing, irritatie of zelf ruzie is ontstaan…
Dewi JagerMarch 13, 2020
De grenzen van mijn taal is een filosofisch essay waarin schrijfster en filosofe Eva Meijer het onderwerp depressie vanuit verschillende perspectieven belicht. Filosofen maken soms…
Rosa BreedJanuary 21, 2020
Het bestuderen van het verleden om te anticiperen op de toekomst is niet baanbrekend, maar is het bestuderen van de toekomst ook genoeg om het…
Jihane ChaaraJuly 2, 2019
Irvin Yalom is a retired professor of psychiatry, a psychotherapist, and the author of a wide range of books, including handbooks on group psychotherapy and…
Rosa BreedMay 22, 2019