Articles by Soren Lynge
A collection of op-eds on the next chapter of psychology – from insight to mental mastery. Download them for free as PDFs.
Mental Poverty: The World’s Hidden Crisis
It does not spread like a virus, but its effects ripple through families, relationships and communities. Mental poverty could become one of the defining challenges for society and well-being in the years ahead.
Your Untrained Thoughts Can Fuel Anxiety and Stress
We have learned to analyse our thoughts, explain them and take them seriously. But what if part of the problem is that nobody ever taught us how to handle them?
The Question Psychology Can No Longer Ignore
We understand mental suffering better than ever. But are we actually teaching people the skills to overcome it?
Psychology Isn’t Failing – It Was Simply Built for a Different World
Much of our psychology was developed long before smartphones, social media and the global battle for our attention. Perhaps it is time to look at the radically different world we have placed the human brain in.
Who Owns Psychology?
Is psychology something we are supposed to understand – or something we can learn to master? Our mental lives do not belong to a profession. They belong to us.
Healing Is the Death of the Ego
Why can both people and psychological systems find it so difficult to let go? On pain, identity and the conscious decision to stop letting the past determine who you become.
We’re Trying to Talk Our Way Out of Something We Need to Train Our Way Out Of
After more than 30 years of working with stress, anxiety, depression and overthinking, one realisation stands out: far too often, we try to talk our way out of problems we need to train our way out of.
