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09Apr

Why My Mum's Dementia Affects Us All

Leanne Brookes

care, dementia, family

Mind

Young singer-songwriter and mental health blogger Leanne Brookes on the distress and difficulty of having a mother with early on-set Alzheimer's disease.
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08Apr

Rosemary Ferguson's Juice Book

Rosemary Ferguson

nutrition, recipes

Body

Many of us will remember Rosemary Ferguson as a British model who first broke through in the early 1990s, along with Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. More recently she has trained as a BANT-registered nutritional therapist and homeopath; here she shares an extract from her new book Juice.
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07Apr

How To Communicate When You're Angry

Dennis Relojo-Howell

anger, communication, couple, emotions, friendship

Mind

It's difficult not to let anger get the best of us sometimes. Here are seven simple tips you can employ to better communication when you are angry.
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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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03Apr

Do your Clothes Define you?

Jackee Holder

self

Soul

If you scanned your life what would come out tops as your favourite all time outfit? Mine was a check grey and white mixed wool and cotton mixed style blouson jacket. It had a collar that stood up with two lapels that added an extra sense of style to the garment. It looked great over skinny jeans covering my long, slender, sixteen year old legs that went on forever. It even made it onto television when I was a guest on a children's show with children's presenter Elvis Payne and a very young Gordon Honeycomb. It showed it’s dexterity when teamed up with a grey and white checked borderline skirt with pleats all the way round.
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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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31Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2015: My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel

Camilla Nicholls

anxiety, books, culture, Wellcomebookprize

Soul

In My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread and the Search for Peace of Mind Scott Stossel uses his own experience of chronic and debilitating anxiety to examine with clarity and charm a condition that is thought currently to affect 15 percent of people in the UK.
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30Mar

Jeremy Clarkson Diagnosis: An Extreme Case of Hanger

Jeannette Hyde

anger, nutrition, stress

Nutritionists

Nutritional therapist Jeannette Hyde diagnoses a serious case of low blood sugar in Jeremy Clarkson's recent fracas
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27Mar

Why The Andreas Lubitz Case Shouldn’t Stigmatise Depression

Louise Chunn

depression, society, stress, suicide

Mind

​We are all shocked and saddened by the death of 150 people in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps earlier this week. But as reports arise that link the deaths with co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's history of depression, many have faulted the way the media is reporting this tragic story. Headlines such as Killer Pilot Suffered from Depression (Mirror), Madman in Cockpit (Sun) and Why Was He Allowed to Fly (Mail) have, according to a joint press release from the mental health charities Mind, Time to Change and Rethink Mental Illness, been overly simplistic.
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