Do be a quitter! How I broke my exercise streak – and smashed my fitness goals

Should you struggle on when you’re really not feeling it? As I’ve learned, sometimes it’s much better to ditch your plan

How a solo retreat helped relight my creative fire

It felt selfish, but at home I couldn’t finish a thought without being interrupted by my kids – so I packed my bags and headed to the coast

Coming of Age: How Adolescence Shapes Us by Lucy Foulkes review – deep dive into the teenage mind

An academic psychologist’s insightful and compassionate study of adolescence is expertly presented, plotting out harmful as well as helpful transitions into adulthood

‘Clearly, I have no rizz’: can a 60-year-old misanthrope polish up his pulling power?

Love Islanders have it, daters want it and TikTok influencers will teach you how to get it – but rizz (a close cousin of charisma) is hard to fabricate

A bodybuilder pinches his bulging thigh – Sergio Purtell’s best photograph

‘This was taken at a small high school event. It was all about who could create the “perfect body” by working hard – and maybe becoming the next Arnold Schwarzenegger’

Feeling exhausted? Here’s how to fight the weariness

Try these top tips for managing your energy more wisely

I am sober curious – but a little alcohol is still valuable to me

I could easily give up. But should I? It isn’t necessarily an easy question to answer

The happy microbiome: how to nourish all of yours – from mouth to gut to vagina

Genetically speaking, we are more microbe than human and, whether on our skin or up our nose, they are essential to our health. Here are simple ways to keep yours thriving

Maybe baby: could a fertility coach help you make an easier parenting decision?

Queer families, rising infertility, choosing to go it alone or not at all – the landscape of baby-making is shifting. Amelia Abraham meets a fertility coach to help make up her mind – well, almost

‘The first few nights were punishing’: how sleep restriction cured my lifelong insomnia

After giving birth, novelist Lara Williams feared she might never sleep again. So she turned to CBT-i, a radical therapy that rewired her relationship to sleep