Read our posts about Wellbeing

29Apr

How to Break Bad Habits

Gretchen Rubin

psychology, self, wellbeing

Soul

Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before, shares her tips on how to form habits that stick.
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27Apr

The Importance of a Positive Mindset

Laura Wilson

mindset, nutrition, self, wellbeing

Soul

A positive mindset means that you have a positive expectation that things will turn out well and that you will succeed. It gives you more courage to try and persist with lifestyle changes than if you have a negative mindset. Laura Wilson, nutritionist, athlete and author of the Alkaline 5 Diet shares her tips.
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24Apr

How Channel 4's Plus Sized Wars Misses the Point

Leanne Brookes

self, society, wellbeing, women

Mind

Singer-songwriter and mental health blogger Leanne Brookes reflects on how Channel 4's Plus Sized Wars documentary misses the point on mental health.
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22Apr

How to Love Your Breasts

Dr Christiane Northrup

body, bodyimage, wellbeing, women

Body

Healthy breasts are breasts that are loved, regardless of their shape or size or the age of their owner. Author and women's health expert Dr Christiane Northrup has tips on how to love and appreciate your breasts.
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14Apr

Tulamassage and Tulayoga: a Meditation Through Movement

Louise Chunn

complementaryhealth, health, massage, retreats, spas, wellbeing, yoga

Body

Louise Chunn reflects on her experience of tulamassage and tulayoga; an intimate, powerful and emotional practice created by Louka Leppard.
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06Apr

The New Age of Loneliness

Susan Pinker

loneliness, self, society, wellbeing

Mind

We're more connected than ever, but lonelier too, especially younger people. Susan Pinker, author of The Village Effect, on why and what can be done about it
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02Apr

How Stress Manifests in Different Areas of the Body

Charlotte Watts

body, emotions, health, stress, wellbeing

Body

Stress is a whole body response; it affects us physically and mentally. Charlotte Watts explains how stress manifests in the body, in the short and long-term.
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01Apr

How Well Do you Know your Family?

Jean Paul

family, home, love, wellbeing

Relationships

How often do you talk to your relatives? I mean, REALLY talk to them? Jean-Paul Flintoff, member of the faculty of The School of Life, offers advice on how to get to know your family better.
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25Mar

Digital Detox at Middle Piccadilly

Louise Chunn

retreats, spas, stress, technology, wellbeing

Soul

Rather than staying away from easy addictions like alcohol or sugar, you are expected to dis-avow the very oxygen of 21st century life: the internet. For me this is complicated by two contradictory facts: I have founded a business on the internet; the business is to promote well-ness, which can be destroyed by the downsides of the internet. And yet I craved the chance to detach myself from its distractions.
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20Mar

International Happiness Day: Go Out and Play

Elisha Goldstein

anxiety, depression, happiness, society, stress, wellbeing

Soul

Children play. Nobody has to show them how to do it; they're just born knowing.  But as adults, we become so disconnected from it that we forget what it is and how to do it. Psychiatrist Stuart Brown, who founded the nonprofit organisation National Institute of Play in California, says: 'Play is an ancient, voluntary, inherently pleasurable, apparently purposeless activity or process that is undertaken for its own sake, and that strengthens our muscles and social skills, fertilises brain activity, tempers and deepens out emotions, take us out of time, and enables a...
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