Test: What is draining your joy?
Moments of incandescent joy are all around us for the grabbing, but sometimes they pass us by. Take our test to discover your personal barriers to a more blissful existence, and how to overcome them
Psychologies
Articles by Psychologies
Psychology: How to embrace your alter ego
You know the devil inside – the part of you that says ‘just do it’ when you probably really shouldn’t? Fret not, writes Oliver Burkeman, your conflicting selves can co-operate
Advice: My partner’s low mood is sapping my positivity
Our agony aunt, Mary Fenwick, offers a new perspective on whatever is troubling you
Psychology: How to use colour to find more joy
Psychologist Karen Haller, author of ‘The Little Book Of Colour’, tells us how to use colour therapy to daub a vivid splash of pleasure onto our life’s canvas
Advice: How to start your own business
Sage advice from Philiy Page, founder of Creative Women International
How to master small talk
People disparage it as superficial, but they are wrong, says Lizzie Enfield. Small talk is the foundation of some of our biggest conversations, and a skill we can all master
Advice: I don’t feel valued in my job
Our agony aunt, Mary Fenwick, offers a new perspective on whatever is troubling you
48 hours: Renewed and rejuvenated at The Spa at Pennyhill Park
Sweat last year out of your pores with the new thermal cabins at The Spa at Pennyhill Park, Surrey.
Reviewed: The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel, Newmarket
Soothed and transformed after a weekend at The Spa at Bedford Lodge Hotel, Newmarket
