As we approach the New Year and are being bombarded with ads that promise life changing new habits in 21 days (for a subscription package of course!) here's a little PSA for you. Happy New Year! 🎇 #newyear #happynewyear #newyearnewgoals #motivation

HOW ABOUT SOME 2025 BEST THINGS? 🏆 These aren't necessarily things that were released or published this year, just things that I've finally got round to watching this year. What can I say, I'm busy! Here goes...

🎇25 for 25🎇 25 pictures to sum up the last 12 months. It's been kinda hectic to be honest. But also kinda awesome. #happynewyear #newyear #2025

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

What's behind door No.2️⃣4️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 TOTAL INCOMPETENCE! Thank you to everyone who's engaged with this advent calendar that I IMMEDIATELY regretted starting three weeks ago. I don't know why I do this to myself. I've got enough shit to do! Happy Holidays!

What's behind door No.2️⃣3️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 SPINAL ENERGETICS! Yeah, I know. More complete nonsense for you. Always read the small print! #wellness #psychology #wellbeing

Films that people bang on about that I've never seen (and don't feel even a little bit bad about not seeing): It's a Wonderful Life E.T. The Godfather (any of them) WALL-E Dead Poet's Society

What's behind door No.2️⃣2️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 TIN FOIL HATS! There's still time before Christmas to get your hands on tinfoil hats, electromagnetic beads, snake oil, party tricks, and tat. I'm sure your loved ones will appreciate it.

What's behind door No.2️⃣1️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's Susie Chan! Endurance runner, Peleton instructor, author, and amazing human being, Susie, was a guest on the podcast alongside the brilliant Dr Julie Johnston. Listen now at eightypercentmental.com

What's behind door No.2️⃣0️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 MANIFESTING! Is it all it's cracked up to be!?

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

What's behind door No.1️⃣9️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 ALPHA MALES! It's nonsense, but for the sake of our young men - and women - it's nonsense that we have to actively counter... as well as most definitely make fun of! #alpha #alphamale #sigma #psychology #wellbeing

The @histchild.bsky.social conference is coming to the @sheffielduni.bsky.social in July 2026. Call for papers has been extended until Monday 22nd December. Please share - especially with research students and ECRs! www.histchild.org/pages/sheffi...

What's behind door No.1️⃣8️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 THE 100-HOUR WEEK! For many, the 100-hour week is aspirational - an indicator of grind, dedication, and hustle. For others (like doctors and nurses) it's a sign of a (deliberately) broken system Either way, it's stupid

What's behind door No.1️⃣7️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 ENTRAPMENT! Burnout isn't *just* about chronic stress. It's also about whether we feel committed to our work because we want to be there or because we have to be there. Attraction Vs Entrapment.

Couple of weeks ago I ventured down to that London that they have these days to chat to the brilliant Kimberley Wilson for her podcast 'Complex'. You can download now on BBC Sounds. Go on! What are you waiting for? Christmas? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What's behind door No.1️⃣6️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 POTATOES! Imagine Brian Harvey's aura!

What's behind door No. 1️⃣5️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 Giving yourself a mild cognitive impairment in the name of masculinity! That's right it's RAWDOGGING, the trend that saw people using their phones to take pictures of themselves not using their phones. Top work, guys.

What's behind door No. 1️⃣4️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 CONNECTION. Listen to the full episode at eightypercentmental.com or wherever you normally get your podcasts.🎙️🎧 #psychology #podcast #strength

What's behind door No. 1️⃣3️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 RISE AND GRIND! I like to maintain an advantage over other people by getting up before I've even gone to bed. No one else is doing that!

What do we have for day 1️⃣2️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 LIKES, SHARES, & ADVERTISING REVENUE. "Burnout isn't real! We're not candles! People can't burn out!" Marv, and what are you basing this analysis on? "Absolutely nothing at all, but that's not important, my dudes."

What's behind door No.1️⃣1️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 A guarantee of life changing neural re-wiring if you do these three simple things ... maybe. Ah, the internet. Unregulated nonsense galore. Be careful out there!

Sheffield looking pretty spectacular this evening.

What's behind door No.🔟 of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's National Treasure and Queen of British R&B, @beverleyknight.bsky.social on the Eighty Percent Mental podcast!

What's behind door No.9️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 Self-care doesn't have to take hours of your time or your hard earned cash-moneyz. Just think small. What are the small things you can do to move you towards where you'd like to be? Do some of that.

Dafuq is wrong with you people!?

The mice make everyone think they can make chocolate biscuits in their "mouse mill" but really it's just the same biscuit going round and round. Classic mice bantz.

Ah, mate, no.

Who actually likes Parma Violets? And I don't mean like you'd eat them if they were the last sweets lying around at the bottom of a bag of random other sweets, I mean like you actively like them. Like, who are these people who are actively seeking out Parma Violets?

What's behind door No.8️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's car salesman and professional gobshite, Andy Elliott, kidnapping your children to make you more productive.... obviously. Grind culture is toxic. Can we just agree to put it in the bin once and for all?

This is some of the most LinkedIn shit I've ever seen... Yeah, fuck the Haka, do some breathing exercises instead.

What's behind door No.7️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's Dr Marina Harris on the Eighty Percent Mental podcast! We talk about disordered eating, diet culture, & how social media shapes body image. Get it at eightypercentmental.com or wherever you normally listen 🎧🎙️

What's behind door No.6️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's the brilliant Dr. Kate Hays on the Eighty Percent Mental podcast. Get this episode by visiting eightypercentmental.com Or listen wherever you normally get your podcasts 🎙️🎧

The words potato incident can only mean one thing.

Back down in London, doing London things. Talking burnout with Kimberly Wilson for her podcast 'Complex' on BBC Sounds. This episode will be out Dec 17, so see if you can hold on to your excitement until then!

Donald Trump winning the ‘FIFA Peace Prize’ is like when I didn’t win at school sports day so my mum made me a medal out of a yoghurt lid.

Kings Cross/St Pancras 4 hours to kill Suggestions?

What's behind door No.5️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 The key to immortality... apparently. Doing this one simple trick every day will help you become "more indestructible!" So that's nice.

What's behind door No.4️⃣ of the EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's another episode of the EPM podcast... in which we talk with David Smith about using psychology to help us deal with all of the 💩 that's going on right now! Visit eightypercentmental.com or listen wherever you like 🎧 🎙️

What's behind door No.3 of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 It's PLANET MIKE, showing us how to open a bottle without making a fool of ourselves, and unintentionally demonstrating the Spotlight Effect for us. Thanks for your service, Mike.

What's behind door No.2 of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 A little self-compassion. Emotions are neither good nor bad. They're just... you know... there.

What's behind door No.1 of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? 🌲🎁🧑🏿‍🎄 A brilliant episode feat. Dr Kristin McGinty-Minister and Dr Laura Swettenham on how to look after our mental health in the online age💻 Visit eightypercentmental.com or listen wherever you normally get your podcasts 🎙️🎧

The main problem I have with Season 5 of Stranger Things is that I stopped giving anything even remotely resembling a shit about 4 years ago.

Thanks @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social for inspiring me to change my career!!!

Does anyone else get email subject anxiety? Like seriously, writing the email... no problem. Thinking of what to put in the subject line... absolute nightmare.

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

Just fixed a door handle like some sort of proper bloke. That's what Alpha males do right? Fix door handles and stuff?

Acne drugs for schizophrenia? Opposer's Loss Effect? Mental Health impact of Asylum Hotels? And maybe a little bit of Traitors talk if you're lucky!? All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 Tue 9.30 Wed 21.30 Or catch up on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Terrific thread on the ‘Christmas is being cancelled by people we don’t like’ shock horror.

Tommy Lee Jones in Blown Away.