I was abused as a child, but now my mother needs care

Manage your mum’s care from a distance, says Philippa Perry. Don’t get sucked into her orbit

Living with frozen shoulder: ‘It was as if someone had been hitting my arm with a baseball bat’

The painful and debilitating condition can spring up out of nowhere and can leave sufferers struggling to even walk the dog

‘Smell is really important for social communication’: how technology is ruining our senses

Scientists say an overreliance on sight and sound is having a detrimental effect on people’s wellbeing and that our devices should deliver a multisensory experience

‘It’s eating what the sea provides’: Galicia’s Atlantic diet eclipses Mediterranean cousin

In Fisterra in north-west Spain, a diet rich in seafood, fruit and vegetables survives, and has been found to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart-related conditions

‘Thirsty, wet, desolate. The dream’: One Day author David Nicholls on the peculiar pleasure of long, soggy solo walks

The bestselling author has always hated being on his own, so why does he spend a few days every year hiking alone in the wind and rain? Just don’t call it a midlife crisis …

‘The perceived scrutiny is immense’: how weddings can worsen eating and body image disorders

From dress shopping to weight-loss pressures, nuptials can open a Pandora’s box of body-image issues. Experts share advice on reducing the risk of new or worsening symptoms

Experience: my newborn baby was kidnapped from hospital

I flew down the corridor screaming at everyone: ‘Do you have my baby?’

You be the judge: should my unfit girlfriend start exercising?

Marvin wants Lil to exercise for her mental health, but she won’t be told what to do by a ‘robot of the patriarchy’. You decide whose argument is fit for purpose

A moment that changed me: I was divorced, broke and alone – but I turned my life around with a list

I decided to try everything I had ever wanted to do: standup comedy, speaking Spanish, running, swimming and sailing. On the other side of fear, I learned, lay all the best experiences

The vorfreude secret: 30 zero-effort ways to fill your life with joy

How can you change your life for the better today? Learn not just to appreciate happiness – but to anticipate it