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Nato Lagidze

Nato began writing for Ideapod in 2021 and now serves as its Editor-in-Chief, guiding the publication’s editorial direction around independent thinking, self-awareness, and ways people make sense of their lives. With an academic background in psychology, she investigates emotional bonds people form with places. She dreams of creating an uplifting documentary one day, inspired by her experiences with strangers.

A stranger on a bench said “planning is a distraction from living,” and I haven’t stopped thinking about how much of my life I’ve spent preparing instead of participating

  • 7 min read

Psychology says the nature vs. nurture debate has a new wrinkle — your upbringing may shape you, but a 2026 study suggests your genes may have shaped your upbringing first

  • 6 min read

Your attention span has likely shrunk to under 1 minute and the science explains why

  • 6 min read

Why emotional clarity is harder to reach than most people think

  • 6 min read

Why handwriting still activates cognitive pathways that screens cannot replicate

  • 5 min read

The negativity bias shapes almost everything you feel and most people never notice it

  • 6 min read

The growing evidence that music reshapes how your brain processes information

  • 7 min read

The psychological cost of pretending to be fine when you are not

  • 7 min read
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