Click Here to Read: Designed to be Loved: The articles: Designed to be Loved by Heather deCastro, LCSW; Deferring the Fourth Narcissistic Blow? by Irene Argenti and Todd Essig, PhD; and Who’s Doing the Thinking When the AI Scribe Writes? by Valerie Frankfeldt, PhD in the American Psychoanayst Substack Newsletter CAI Currents on July 28, 2026.
Category: Psychoanalysis
The Divided Self of Elliott Smith: Biographer Jamie Fisher on creativity, psychoanalysis, and the need for connection
Scientists identify five key factors linked to happiness across 66 countries
Microplastics in the Brain: What Evidence Shows (and What It Doesn’t)
Click Here to Read: Microplastics in the Brain: What Evidence Shows (and What It Doesn’t) By Emily Meenan, Grace Schroeder on the Brain and Life website on March 9, 2026,
Microplastic poses a growing concern in oceans and other aquatic habitat. Image: 5Gyres, courtesy of Oregon State University. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
A Surface Scratched: Improvisation on a dead-end street
What African Countries Can Teach Everyone About Flourishing
Click Here to Read: What African Countries Can Teach Everyone About Flourishing: New research challenges assumptions about well-being and highlights the role of culture, connection, and purpose By Victor Counted on the Greater Good website on July 15, 2026.
A masai woman carrying her baby in a sarong knitted around her body Image: Vendeeelaaa Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
The Most Dishonest Question We Ask: Why “Are you okay?” is often more about easing our discomfort than understanding someone else’s
Click Here to Read: The Most Dishonest Question We Ask: Why “Are you okay?” is often more about easing our discomfort than understanding someone else’s. (Vol. 6; Issue 29) by Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD on his Psyche Meets Society Newsletter on July 22, 2026.
Creation of Adam, hands in detail. Image: Musei Vaticani. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.