Is this the year of meong – a wellbeing trend I can actually master?

I recently stumbled upon a South Korean practice I’ve been doing for years. In 2024, it could be exactly what we need, writes Emma Beddington

The heart rate secret: what it reveals about our health – from sleep and alcohol to fight or flight

There are more and more ways to monitor our heart rates, but what do the numbers really mean? Here is everything you need to know

Should I worry about hypothermia when I exercise?

How cold is too cold? There’s nothing wrong with channelling your inner Rocky Balboa, but might you be risking your health – or even your life – by braving the frost?

Faced with the toughest two years of my life, I turned to Islam to give me strength and patience

After being forced to flee my home and leave my family behind, it has been my faith, passed on to me by my late father, that has got me through

‘Work needs rest and rest takes work’: fatigue specialist Vincent Deary on coping with life

Modern life can be exhausting. Psychologist, author and fatigue expert Vincent Deary says the answer is to learn how to rest

‘A shop can be your castle’: the surprising rewards of retail work

Working in retail can be dispiriting, but when the author Madeleine Gray took a job in a bookshop in her native Australia, she learned more about human kindness than she ever thought possible

Make mine a mushroom macchiato: are the new boosted coffees worth the hype?

From chickpea to ginseng to olive oil, coffee menus are now full of weird and wonderful brews promising health benefits – but are they superfoods or just far-fetched fads?

Wooden sauna from 1948 London Olympics gets Grade II listing

Historic wooden building wins protection after campaign involving Finland, which originally installed it

Post-divorce, I’m isolating myself at home alone. How do I get out of this funk?

Sometimes screens and nothing time can be exactly what we need, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but long term they can set a trap

I have a new favourite wellness guru. And it’s not who you might think

Eat food that is mostly healthy, but also eat delicious food that isn’t healthy: these are the eminently sensible words of … Arnold Schwarzenegger