Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker review – how more sleep can save your life
A neuroscientist has found a revolutionary way of being cleverer, more attractive, slimmer, happier, healthier and of warding off cancer – a good night’s shut-eye
The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World’s Happiest People by Meik Wiking – digested read
John Crace condenses the latest lifestyle advice from Scandinavia, in a bid to spread happiness
Fearne Cotton webchat – your questions answered on Keith Lemon, Teletubbies and the future of radio
The presenter and writer spilled the beans on anger management, meeting the Royals and what she really thought of the ropiest Live Lounge performances
Book doulas: the new way to push your writing into the world
A cuddly new publishing service has arrived to help struggling authors with ‘bookbirthing’ – and for all its new-age trappings, it seems to be catching on
Autumn by Karl Ove Knausgaard – digested read
John Crace cuts the Norwegian author’s letter explaining the world to his unborn daughter
Sales of mind, body, spirit books boom in UK amid ‘mindfulness mega-trend’
While fewer titles are selling in other genres, reading that offers a path to spiritual growth has risen 13% in 2017
Byron Bay: where wellness flows and women chunder
I’m enjoying a sunkissed winter moment on the New South Wales coast when suddenly the detox clinic I’ve come to visit is not only interesting but necessary
Taboo-busting sex guide offers advice to Muslim women seeking fulfilling love lives
The Muslimah Sex Manual: A Halal Guide to Mind Blowing Sex is praised for empowering women
‘I should feel pleased the fast is having the desired effects but my life is boring’
In an extract from her new book Wellmania, Guardian Australia columnist Brigid Delaney recalls the agony – and unfortunate side effects – of a 15-day fast
A Manual for Heartache review – sound advice for the grieving
Cathy Rentzenbrink, who wrote a moving memoir about losing her brother, now offers unpreachy tips to fellow sufferers