Author

Paddy Murphy

@paddymurf

articles: 23
total claps: 4,983
top claps: 589
avg read: 5.3 min
paywalled: 12
active: 2025-08-13 → 2026-07-17

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CUL · Culture & Media · 14 🎵 · Music & Audio · 14 🔬 · Science · General · 13 PHI · Philosophy · 9 🚀 · Self Improvement · 8 🧘 · Spirituality · 8 🌱 · Environment & Climate · 8 ESG · ESG & Sustainability · 8

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#health ·14 #music ·14 #news ·13 #science ·12 #philosophy ·9 #climate-change ·8 #self-improvement ·8 #spirituality ·7 #psychology ·7 #mental-health ·6

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PA Paddy Murphy · Thought Thinkers

Whether Depressed Or Anxious, You’re Denying Reality

When we become trapped in unwanted thought patterns, our attention is pulled away from the reality of the present moment

Jun 24, 2026 · 6 min read · 589 claps paywalled #spirituality #philosophy #psychology

Whether Depressed Or Anxious, You’re Denying Reality

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PA Paddy Murphy · Wholistique

Philip K. Dick’s Prophetic Visions, The Exegesis & The Spiritual Map Of Our Age

The reluctant mystic of California

Aug 13, 2025 · 6 min read · 540 claps paywalled #books #writing #science-fiction

Philip K. Dick’s Prophetic Visions, The Exegesis & The Spiritual Map Of Our Age

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PA Paddy Murphy · Thought Thinkers

Why Language Can Never Capture Reality

A walk by the Olza led me from Buddhism and Cormac McCarthy to Wittgenstein, Tolkien, and the odd gap between language and life

Jun 16, 2026 · 8 min read · 496 claps paywalled #philosophy #spirituality #psychology

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

The Electric Blanket Apocalypse

How comfort technology separates us from reality, and why the future belongs to people willing to feel the cold

May 20, 2026 · 7 min read · 372 claps paywalled #psychology #self-improvement #philosophy

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mystic Minds

When You’re Tired Of Carrying Every Version Of Yourself

Karma, Taoism, and modern therapy show why life feels harder when the past and future keep barging into the room

Jun 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 277 claps paywalled #philosophy #spirituality #psychology

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mystic Minds

Do Words Still Matter When Nobody Means Them?

From wedding vows to courtroom oaths, we keep proving that words only have power when truth stands behind them

Jun 10, 2026 · 7 min read · 254 claps paywalled #spirituality #philosophy #psychology

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PA Paddy Murphy · Thought Thinkers

Time and Patience Will Take a Snail to Jerusalem

Patience, purpose, and only understanding the journey once you have already lived it

Jul 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 239 claps paywalled #philosophy #spirituality #psychology

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PA Paddy Murphy · Thought Thinkers

Carl Jung, Aion & the Aim of Life

Jung’s great book asks us to see what moves us, what rules us, and what waits beneath the surface of ordinary life

Jun 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 228 claps paywalled #philosophy #psychology #spirituality

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Diabetes Breakthrough, Microplastic-Eating Seeds, Hemp Plastic, Kenya Beats The Seed Lobby & more…

Good News Friday, 8th May 2026

May 08, 2026 · 4 min read · 212 claps paywalled #news #technology #science

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Donkeys, Ancient Speech, Bottling Sunlight, Cancer Vax & New Tunes…

Good News Friday, 12th June 2026

Jun 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 198 claps #news #health #science

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Whale’s A-Chatting, The Honesty Of Kids, Older Brains, Small Talk & some new tunes…

Good News Friday, 17th April 2026

Apr 17, 2026 · 5 min read · 179 claps #news #science #health

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PA Paddy Murphy · Wholistique

The Tao Of Cauliflower

What tourist snapshots, Taoist sages, and cauliflower can teach us about non-striving

Aug 26, 2025 · 3 min read · 170 claps paywalled #spirituality #philosophy #self-improvement

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Alaskan Forest Saved, Depression Discovery, Mighty Soil & Seeds And Some New Tunes

Good News Friday, 24th April 2026

Apr 24, 2026 · 5 min read · 157 claps #news #science #climate-change

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Pacific Marine Win, Brain Power, Old Knees, A Bit Of Self-Love & Some New Tunes…

Good News Friday, 19th June 2026

Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min read · 151 claps #news #health #music

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Platypuses, Fire Vs. Sound, Toodaloo Connecticut Medical Debt, Quantum Power & More…

Good News Friday, 5th June 2026

Jun 05, 2026 · 5 min read · 150 claps #technology #news #science

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Giggling Kids, Switched-Off Cancer, Happy Gannets, Solar-Cell Batts & More…

Good News Friday, 29th May 2026

May 29, 2026 · 4 min read · 150 claps paywalled #news #health #climate-change

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

EU Animals, Anxiety Mapped, MS Repair, Zombie Cells & More…

Good News Friday, 15th May 2026

May 15, 2026 · 6 min read · 145 claps #news #health #science

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Rotten Tomatoes, Busy Bees, HIV Breakthrough, Dementia Decline, Baby Flamingos & more…

Good News Friday, 17th July 2026

Jul 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 110 claps #news #science #health

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

The Bird That’s Finding Its Song, Toddlers Love To Share, More Cancer Breakthroughs & more…

Good News Friday, 10th April 2026

Apr 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 108 claps paywalled #health #music #news

The Bird That’s Finding Its Song, Toddlers Love To Share, More Cancer Breakthroughs & more…

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Pangolins Rebound, Healthy Gut Speak, Exercise Helps, Alzheimer’s Hope Rises, & Some New Tunes

Good News Friday, 1st May 2026

May 01, 2026 · 5 min read · 108 claps #health #climate-change #fitness

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Bison, Coral, Brain Attention, Sunny Water & More…

Good News Friday, 3rd July 2026

Jul 03, 2026 · 5 min read · 100 claps #news #science #health

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Finch Lingo, Mosquito Heads, London’s Green Vault, Long-Life Butterflies, US Green Energy & Some…

Good News Friday, 26th June 2026

Jun 26, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps #news #health #climate-change

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PA Paddy Murphy · Mind Yourself

Moon Birds, New Gas Planet, Mega Nutrient, A Decent British Royal, Culture Vultures’ Win & More

Good News Friday, 22nd May 2026

May 22, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #news #science #health