@philipfine.bsky.social
Associate Professor cognitive psychologist at Buckingham
Education: Oxford DPhil (Worcs), Cambridge BA/MA (TH), music psych, actor, musician, village dweller, 🐶 owner, own views🏳️🌈 he/him
Education: Oxford DPhil (Worcs), Cambridge BA/MA (TH), music psych, actor, musician, village dweller, 🐶 owner, own views🏳️🌈 he/him
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Footnotes for Flourishing | Philip Fine | Substack
A psychologist’s reflections on thinking, learning, and living with purpose — exploring how we, and those we interact with, can flourish, one footnote at a time. Click to read Footnotes for Flourishin...
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I’ve recently launched “Footnotes for Flourishing” — reflections on learning, growth, and staying grounded in a fast-moving world. Please read and subscribe 🙏
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#reflection #flourishing #psychology
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#reflection #flourishing #psychology
New post: When Who You Were Gets in the Way of Who You Are Becoming.
A reflective piece on identity change, outdated self-beliefs, and why some futures never come into view at all. Heraclitus, Robert Frost, and lived experience.
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A reflective piece on identity change, outdated self-beliefs, and why some futures never come into view at all. Heraclitus, Robert Frost, and lived experience.
philipfine.substack.com/p/when-who-y...
When Who You Were Gets in the Way of Who You Are Becoming
What Heraclitus and Robert Frost tell us about identity change
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December 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
New post: When Who You Were Gets in the Way of Who You Are Becoming.
A reflective piece on identity change, outdated self-beliefs, and why some futures never come into view at all. Heraclitus, Robert Frost, and lived experience.
philipfine.substack.com/p/when-who-y...
A reflective piece on identity change, outdated self-beliefs, and why some futures never come into view at all. Heraclitus, Robert Frost, and lived experience.
philipfine.substack.com/p/when-who-y...
A slow parkrun. A half-tidy study. A missed deadline. Are these failures, or just the wrong definition of success?
My new piece looks at SMART goals, reframing, partial success and why “not yet” can matter.
Essay + audio:
philipfine.substack.com/p/from-perso...
#GoalSetting #Success #Reflection
My new piece looks at SMART goals, reframing, partial success and why “not yet” can matter.
Essay + audio:
philipfine.substack.com/p/from-perso...
#GoalSetting #Success #Reflection
From Personal Best to Partial Success
Goal Setting, Reality, and What Counts as a Win
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December 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A slow parkrun. A half-tidy study. A missed deadline. Are these failures, or just the wrong definition of success?
My new piece looks at SMART goals, reframing, partial success and why “not yet” can matter.
Essay + audio:
philipfine.substack.com/p/from-perso...
#GoalSetting #Success #Reflection
My new piece looks at SMART goals, reframing, partial success and why “not yet” can matter.
Essay + audio:
philipfine.substack.com/p/from-perso...
#GoalSetting #Success #Reflection
Having a break from marking. A spontaneous 5k. Amazing how a simple yes can change the day. More in Footnotes for Flourishing.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Having a break from marking. A spontaneous 5k. Amazing how a simple yes can change the day. More in Footnotes for Flourishing.
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philipfine.substack.com
New post today. Do read and repost. 🙏🏻
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Are You Feeling Lucky? Harnessing Luck for Growth
How to help luck find us: receptiveness, opportunity, and mindset
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November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New post today. Do read and repost. 🙏🏻
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Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the first step - it’s what comes before it.
New Footnotes for Flourishing post: The Zeroth Step: Putting Things in Place for a Yes
What do you notice about your own zeroth steps?
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New Footnotes for Flourishing post: The Zeroth Step: Putting Things in Place for a Yes
What do you notice about your own zeroth steps?
philipfine.substack.com/p/the-zeroth...
The Zeroth Step: Putting Things in Place for a Yes
Because what happens before the first step really counts
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November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sometimes the hardest part isn’t the first step - it’s what comes before it.
New Footnotes for Flourishing post: The Zeroth Step: Putting Things in Place for a Yes
What do you notice about your own zeroth steps?
philipfine.substack.com/p/the-zeroth...
New Footnotes for Flourishing post: The Zeroth Step: Putting Things in Place for a Yes
What do you notice about your own zeroth steps?
philipfine.substack.com/p/the-zeroth...
New Footnotes for Flourishing post — The Courage Behind Small Yeses.
On those small acts of stepping beyond comfort and trusting yourself enough to say yes anyway.
Please do read. 🙏
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On those small acts of stepping beyond comfort and trusting yourself enough to say yes anyway.
Please do read. 🙏
philipfine.substack.com/p/the-courag...
The Courage Behind Small Yeses
The quiet power of agreeing to do it anyway
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October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New Footnotes for Flourishing post — The Courage Behind Small Yeses.
On those small acts of stepping beyond comfort and trusting yourself enough to say yes anyway.
Please do read. 🙏
philipfine.substack.com/p/the-courag...
On those small acts of stepping beyond comfort and trusting yourself enough to say yes anyway.
Please do read. 🙏
philipfine.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Four posts in, Footnotes for Flourishing is finding its rhythm. Reflections on growth, resilience & being human. philipfine.substack.com
Thanks to all who’ve read, shared, or subscribed 🙏🏻
#writing #reflection #growthmindset
Thanks to all who’ve read, shared, or subscribed 🙏🏻
#writing #reflection #growthmindset
Footnotes for Flourishing | Philip Fine | Substack
A psychologist’s reflections on thinking, learning, and living with purpose — exploring how we, and those we interact with, can flourish, one footnote at a time. Click to read Footnotes for Flourishin...
philipfine.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Four posts in, Footnotes for Flourishing is finding its rhythm. Reflections on growth, resilience & being human. philipfine.substack.com
Thanks to all who’ve read, shared, or subscribed 🙏🏻
#writing #reflection #growthmindset
Thanks to all who’ve read, shared, or subscribed 🙏🏻
#writing #reflection #growthmindset
Check out my new Footnotes for Flourishing post, which grew from something simple: two Saturday mornings at parkrun.
It turned into a reflection on comfort zones, stretch zones, and the power of giving. Sometimes growth begins with a single step — or a 5k. 🏃🏻♂️
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It turned into a reflection on comfort zones, stretch zones, and the power of giving. Sometimes growth begins with a single step — or a 5k. 🏃🏻♂️
philipfine.substack.com/p/stretching...
Stretching Past Comfort: the parkrun Mindset of Growth and Gratitude
What a Saturday-morning 5k reveals about comfort zones, mindset, and giving back.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Check out my new Footnotes for Flourishing post, which grew from something simple: two Saturday mornings at parkrun.
It turned into a reflection on comfort zones, stretch zones, and the power of giving. Sometimes growth begins with a single step — or a 5k. 🏃🏻♂️
philipfine.substack.com/p/stretching...
It turned into a reflection on comfort zones, stretch zones, and the power of giving. Sometimes growth begins with a single step — or a 5k. 🏃🏻♂️
philipfine.substack.com/p/stretching...
I’ve recently launched “Footnotes for Flourishing” — reflections on learning, growth, and staying grounded in a fast-moving world. Please read and subscribe 🙏
philipfine.substack.com
#reflection #flourishing #psychology
philipfine.substack.com
#reflection #flourishing #psychology
Footnotes for Flourishing | Philip Fine | Substack
A psychologist’s reflections on thinking, learning, and living with purpose — exploring how we, and those we interact with, can flourish, one footnote at a time. Click to read Footnotes for Flourishin...
philipfine.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I’ve recently launched “Footnotes for Flourishing” — reflections on learning, growth, and staying grounded in a fast-moving world. Please read and subscribe 🙏
philipfine.substack.com
#reflection #flourishing #psychology
philipfine.substack.com
#reflection #flourishing #psychology
A new blog post from Footnotes for Flourishing!
How reflection, writing, and AI helped me turn messy thoughts into meaning, and why embracing imperfection is where the learning and growth begin.
Do have a look, and if you like it, please subscribe! 🙏🏻
philipfine.substack.com/p/reflecting...
How reflection, writing, and AI helped me turn messy thoughts into meaning, and why embracing imperfection is where the learning and growth begin.
Do have a look, and if you like it, please subscribe! 🙏🏻
philipfine.substack.com/p/reflecting...
Reflecting on Splat Drafts
From Messiness to (Co-Created) Clarity
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October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A new blog post from Footnotes for Flourishing!
How reflection, writing, and AI helped me turn messy thoughts into meaning, and why embracing imperfection is where the learning and growth begin.
Do have a look, and if you like it, please subscribe! 🙏🏻
philipfine.substack.com/p/reflecting...
How reflection, writing, and AI helped me turn messy thoughts into meaning, and why embracing imperfection is where the learning and growth begin.
Do have a look, and if you like it, please subscribe! 🙏🏻
philipfine.substack.com/p/reflecting...
The words are flowing again.
My new Footnotes for Flourishing post reflects on what losing our dog, Dexter, taught me — about loss, kindness, gratitude, and growth.
It’s a personal one, about finding light in difficult moments.
philipfine.substack.com/p/loss-kindn...
My new Footnotes for Flourishing post reflects on what losing our dog, Dexter, taught me — about loss, kindness, gratitude, and growth.
It’s a personal one, about finding light in difficult moments.
philipfine.substack.com/p/loss-kindn...
Loss, kindness, gratitude - lessons from my dog
How mindset awareness and reframing can illuminate the positive in negative events
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October 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The words are flowing again.
My new Footnotes for Flourishing post reflects on what losing our dog, Dexter, taught me — about loss, kindness, gratitude, and growth.
It’s a personal one, about finding light in difficult moments.
philipfine.substack.com/p/loss-kindn...
My new Footnotes for Flourishing post reflects on what losing our dog, Dexter, taught me — about loss, kindness, gratitude, and growth.
It’s a personal one, about finding light in difficult moments.
philipfine.substack.com/p/loss-kindn...
I’m really pleased with how this first post has landed, and it’s inspired me to write more. The next two are already taking shape in my mind.
Do please have a read, and subscribe to my Substack if you’d like to follow future posts. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Do please have a read, and subscribe to my Substack if you’d like to follow future posts. Thank you! 🙏🏻
I've just started a new blog, ‘Footnotes for Flourishing’ on Substack.
It's a space for reflective writing on psychology, personal development, and growth.
Please do take a look at my first post, and subscribe if you'd like to read more in the future. 🙏🏻
open.substack.com/pub/philipfi...
It's a space for reflective writing on psychology, personal development, and growth.
Please do take a look at my first post, and subscribe if you'd like to read more in the future. 🙏🏻
open.substack.com/pub/philipfi...
Publishing Before I’m Ready
What Three Books Taught Me About Doing It Anyway
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October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I’m really pleased with how this first post has landed, and it’s inspired me to write more. The next two are already taking shape in my mind.
Do please have a read, and subscribe to my Substack if you’d like to follow future posts. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Do please have a read, and subscribe to my Substack if you’d like to follow future posts. Thank you! 🙏🏻
I've just started a new blog, ‘Footnotes for Flourishing’ on Substack.
It's a space for reflective writing on psychology, personal development, and growth.
Please do take a look at my first post, and subscribe if you'd like to read more in the future. 🙏🏻
open.substack.com/pub/philipfi...
It's a space for reflective writing on psychology, personal development, and growth.
Please do take a look at my first post, and subscribe if you'd like to read more in the future. 🙏🏻
open.substack.com/pub/philipfi...
Publishing Before I’m Ready
What Three Books Taught Me About Doing It Anyway
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I've just started a new blog, ‘Footnotes for Flourishing’ on Substack.
It's a space for reflective writing on psychology, personal development, and growth.
Please do take a look at my first post, and subscribe if you'd like to read more in the future. 🙏🏻
open.substack.com/pub/philipfi...
It's a space for reflective writing on psychology, personal development, and growth.
Please do take a look at my first post, and subscribe if you'd like to read more in the future. 🙏🏻
open.substack.com/pub/philipfi...
@dennisetaylor.bsky.social Covid28!?!? Oh, you’re goooood (with Ray Porter voice)! #flybot
July 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
@dennisetaylor.bsky.social Covid28!?!? Oh, you’re goooood (with Ray Porter voice)! #flybot
Tonight it’s about #oscarwilde #ncutigatwa and the Importance of Being Ernest, streamed from the NT. Oh, and popcorn!
May 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tonight it’s about #oscarwilde #ncutigatwa and the Importance of Being Ernest, streamed from the NT. Oh, and popcorn!
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Great energy at yesterday’s Uni of Buckingham Open Day, meeting future Psychology students and their families! The buzz on campus reminded me why I love working in education. Huge thanks to our brilliant Student Ambassadors and colleagues who made it happen!
#OpenDay #Psychology #HigherEducation
#OpenDay #Psychology #HigherEducation
April 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Great energy at yesterday’s Uni of Buckingham Open Day, meeting future Psychology students and their families! The buzz on campus reminded me why I love working in education. Huge thanks to our brilliant Student Ambassadors and colleagues who made it happen!
#OpenDay #Psychology #HigherEducation
#OpenDay #Psychology #HigherEducation
Hello @bsky.app I have arrived! Looking forward to making my mark here with #cognitivepsychology #academicintegrity and #GenAI related posts from time to time. Stop by and say hi!
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April 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hello @bsky.app I have arrived! Looking forward to making my mark here with #cognitivepsychology #academicintegrity and #GenAI related posts from time to time. Stop by and say hi!