What are the key principles for doing psychological work? How do we know we are doing this work properly? How do we know we are not deceiving ourselves? In this two-part mini-series we cover the top 4/5 principles for this work. This will underlie any future work we do. Next listen: What is Psychology? (#143) All my episodes on Psychology: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/9f81342e-0c6f-4b7d-ab6c-bd333126470e 200-show library by category: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Newsletter & books: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links
What is psychology? Why are there so many views on how human psychology works? What are some key questionsin psychological work? This is both a foundational episode for understanding all of the work I do on this podcast, and for our May and JunePsychology series, where we look at many critical questions in psychological and self-development work. My definition? Psychology is the study of why you are as you are. [I apologise for the mic taps. I attempted to edit out as many as possible.] My Psychology category: https://player.captivate.fm/collection/9f81342e-0c6f-4b7d-ab6c-bd333126470e Explore my 200-episode podcast library: https://deep-psychology.com/#pod-cats Newsletter & books: https://deep-psychology.com/my-links
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