Mind the Body Podcast

🎧 Episode 26: Plato's New Cave - AI and Body Image What happens when the online images we encounter every day become so familiar that we stop questioning whether they're real? What if the greatest challenge of AI isn't simply that it changes how we look, but that it changes what we come to trust? In this episode of Mind the Body, I explore Plato's famous Allegory of the Cave through the lens of body image, attachment theory and psychoanalysis, asking what happens when algorithms become the sh...

🎧 Episode 25: Rupture and Repair – The Cornerstone of Secure Love Why do some relationships survive the hardest moments and become stronger, while others slowly unravel through misunderstandings that seem almost insignificant? What if the strength of a relationship isn't measured by the absence of rupture, but by what happens after it? In this episode of Mind the Body, I explore one of the most important findings in attachment research: that secure relationships are not built by avoiding rupt...

🎧 Episode 24: Loved, But Can't Feel It? Attachment Insecurity and Dissociation What happens when someone tells you they love you, and you know they mean it, but you simply can't feel it? Or when someone leaves the room and, despite knowing they'll return, it feels as though they've disappeared completely? In this episode of Mind the Body, I explore two often-overlooked patterns that emerge from attachment trauma and dissociation: Why love can be present but fail to register emotionally.Why ab...

🎧 Episode 23: Lost Boys - Why So Many Young Men Are at War With Their Bodies Why are so many young men struggling to feel at home in themselves? Why are increasing numbers turning to the gym, self-optimisation, or the online world in search of confidence, identity, and belonging? In this episode of Mind the Body, I explore the growing crisis in male body image through the lens of psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and developmental psychology. Drawing on the work of Alessandra Lemma, Donald W...

🎧 Episode 22: The Hypervisible and the Unseen - Algorithms, Body Image, and the Fragile Self What happens when we become more visible than ever before, yet feel increasingly unseen? And why does the digital world so often leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves rather than more understood? In this episode of Mind the Body, I explore the psychological impact of algorithms, AI, and social media through the lens of psychoanalysis, attachment theory, and body image. Inspired by a recent semi...