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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

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Why Story Intelligence Is a New Core Capability

Why Story Intelligence Is a New Core Capability

The real human advantage is making better sense of the stories we live by.

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Are You Telling the Wrong Story About Your Exhaustion?

Self-blame, systems, brain wiring, and the metaphors that can shape recovery

28.05.2026 80

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Are We Programming Our Own Obsolescence?

Our Narratives of Progress Are Driving Anti-Human Futures

09.04.2026 100

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Falling in Love With a Mirror

AI companions turn our self-stories into self-truths.

01.04.2026 90

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Why Our Brain Tells Us Horror Stories at Night

The surprising psychology behind late-night catastrophising.

17.03.2026 100

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

The Progress Trap

How the story of constant improvement shapes and exhausts us.

18.02.2026 150

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Are You Trapped in a Golden Cage?

22.01.2026 100

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

The "Not Good Enough" Lie

14.01.2026 60

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

3 Powerful Mantras for Telling Ourselves Better Stories

16.12.2025 70

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

The Great Time-Saving Lie

17.06.2025 70

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

Solutions From the New Book "The Art of Frugal Hedonism"

27.05.2025 80

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Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d

What Kind of Animals Are We?

05.05.2025 80

Psychology Today

Anna Katharina Schaffner Ph.d