Janus Gate: Psychology, Culture & Books | Alexandra Shaker, PhD | Substack

Transitions and resolutions re-imagined

Postcard (and so many other beautiful things) from the Dennis Severs House

Jan 7 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

AI, Our Brains, Our Selves

Artificial intelligence, cognitive HIIT, and end-of-year reading

Dec 12, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

Matrescence, identity, and generativity

Dec 2, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

Psychiatric diagnosis, its shortcomings, and its potential

New approaches to specificity and a continuum of human feeling

Nov 23, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

Books that make me feel alive

Dead and Alive, The Red Book, and The Land in Winter

Nov 13, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

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The Unthought Known

Sep 1, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

Anxiety is in the air

Aug 25, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

Dec 2, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

How to feel alive

Aug 18, 2025 • Alexandra Shaker, PhD

Janus Gate: Psychology, Culture & Books

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