Discover why adult friendships are often undervalued, how loneliness affects wellbeing, and find our 5 practical tips for building meaningful, low-pressure friendships that can improve your life in powerful ways. Words: Kellie Gillespie-Wright, Images: Shutterstock, Pexels Friendship isn’t just a bonus — it’s a vital part of our mental and physical health. We live in […]
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To mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Kelly Gillespie-Wright discovers why community is so crucial to our mental health. Words: Kellie Gillespie-Wright. Images: Pexels There’s a quiet truth many of us are waking up to right now: we weren’t meant to do this alone. For too long, we’ve treated mental health as a private […]
Feelings of loneliness often have their roots in unexpected triggers – take our test to find yours and discover how to stave off isolation Image: Shutterstock
Davina McCall on regaining confidence, what wellbeing means to her, and one thing she would tell her younger self. Images: Ancient + Brave PA She’s not many people’s idea of a wallflower or a shrinking violet, but even the bubbly, outgoing Davina McCall has suffered from a crisis of confidence at times. ’In midlife, when […]
Making new friends as an adult can be tricky. Here, experts share their advice on making friends, and give 6 tips to keeping them, too.
Worn out by getting distracted all the time? Yasmina Floyer finds out how to take back control Words: Yasmina Floyer As a teen and young adult, I could read for vast swathes of time undistracted. But recently, I read a (short!) newsletter, where the writer bemoaned the fact that she can no longer read for […]
If you’re ready to dial down the internal drama, take our test to identify the mindset keeping you on an emotional rollercoaster.
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As social media creates unrealistic expectations, coach Tiwalola Adebayo is here to help you love yourself and find inner strength Words: Tiwalola Adebayo. Images: Shutterstock, Pexels Look a certain way, be a certain weight, have ‘pilates arms’, use filters, full makeup… the list goes on. Today, especially now we live in a social-media-dominated age, it’s […]
