Self-care in Gran Canaria: Top clinics for health and wellness treatments
Advertorial promotion Planning a holiday to the Canary Islands this summer? Home to an abundance of top health, wellness and beauty clinics, the island paradise of Gran Canaria is the perfect place to prioritise your self-care by treating yourself to holistic treatments for your mind and body. With golden dunes, ancient forests, and year-round sunshine, […]
Chaptly app founder on panic, partnership and a new way to heal
Advertorial promotion Chaptly is a gamified self-healing app for those navigating toxic relationships, anxiety and emotional burnout. Here, the app’s founder, Milena Stankovic, BcA, shares her personal story of navigating panic disorder and becoming a mental health advocate. I never planned to become a mental health advocate. But panic disorder didn’t ask for permission before […]
6 ways to avoid holiday guilt and actually enjoy your break
Discover the five obstacles to enjoying your holiday (and six ways to make them better), with clinical psychologist Paola Filotico Holidays are an interesting time and place. Whether we are planning to go away, or to stay at home, we look forward to holidays — to the time off, to seeing more of people we […]
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Ellen Tout was not looking for a relationship. Then, one warm summer’s evening, as eyes met across a crowded room, she found a different kind of magic
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Is your phone stopping you sleeping? Try this instead…
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Anna Williamson: How to connect for a summer of love
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Summer wellness: How to thrive, not just survive
By Debbie Green | Advertorial promotion Somehow, summer is here! I’m not quite sure how that happened, but here we are. And while we all know in theory that we need to prioritise our self-care, in practice, it’s all too easy to let it slip to the bottom of the list. How can we make […]
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Chaptly app founder on panic, partnership and a new way to heal
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6 ways to avoid holiday guilt and actually enjoy your break
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Fearne Cotton: ‘I’m a million times more confident than I was in my 20’s’
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