You be the judge: should my boyfriend stop filling our flat with empty water bottles?

Lara says old plastic bottles lying around their flat are ‘ick’, but for gym-bunny John, they’re practical and cheap. You decide whose argument holds water

Why it’s time to get a new notebook: ‘To grab at life, tug at the details and hold on’

Writing down observations is a way of marking presence in the world, says Briohny Doyle, who once wrote most of a novel in notebooks while out on walks

A moment that changed me: My body seemed like a death machine – until I saw those two blue lines

After cancer, chemotherapy and temporary menopause, I didn’t dare imagine having a baby. But all of a sudden my womb was designing a whole new life

Resenteeism: when you hate your job – but you just can’t leave

During the Great Resignation, many unhappy workers decided to quit. Now a new word describes all those who couldn’t quite make the leap …

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?

‘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?