Physical wellbeing

Winner of the Psychologies Readers’ Choice award, Pit Putty is a natural, vegan and plastic-free deodorant

Green queen Ellen Tout takes a look at the impact her pooch purchases have on the planet and whether she can make sustainable swaps

What does it really mean when a product is labelled environmentally friendly or green? How do you know which brands are genuinely kind to the planet? Our new Real Eco awards, edited by Eco Living Editor Ellen Tout, will demystify these questions and, each month, we’ll share our top five eco finds, recommending only the brands that we trust

Spurred on by the positive impact of fewer plastic bags on our oceans, Ellen Tout takes her conscious policies to the heart of her home

Ellen Tout experiments with home-made, environmentally friendly and zero-waste household detergents to see if she can come clean

From ‘compleating’ to food sharing and meal rescuing, ‘Eco Worrier’ Ellen Tout tries a waste not, want not attitude and finds a little goes a long way when trying to cut the food the throw away

A mysterious condition made life miserable for Rebecca Pearson. With acute, unexplained pain in her genitals, sex was out of the question and she felt like a failure as a woman. At last, she got a diagnosis, and shares her story to help the many other women suffering from the syndrome, and the emotions it brings