The buddy boost: how ‘accountability partners’ make you healthy, happy and more successful

The idea of a friend who helps you commit to your goals is growing in popularity – whether you want to get fit, write a novel or build your business

The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic

Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity

I didn’t fit in Wales, but found my sense of place by understanding its history, and my own

I stood out as different in Llandudno but by learning about its past and mine, it became the home I love

The heat is on as Britain’s boom in seaside saunas stirs up some local sweat

Hot boxes are popping up on the coast, as well as beside lakes and rivers, but not everyone is happy about the trend

Hot chocolate, woolly socks and a good book: why cosy living is good for you

When it’s dark and cold outside (not to mention existentially troubling), our sense of survival kicks in and we withdraw to that place we feel safest – home

The experts: sex therapists on 20 simple, satisfying ways to revive your lost libido

Losing your mojo is very common, but it can be overcome, whether through self-love, putting down your phone – or even a sex ban

Shock of the old: 12 torturous and orgasmic exercise fads

Want to get fighting fit? Try a vibrating belt or a rocking saddle – almost as effective as riding a horse!

I Am the Tigress review – nuanced portrait of female bodybuilder’s strength and resilience

This detached character study is neither a feelgood story of empowerment, nor a grim look at a life on the margins and is more powerful for it

Can cuddling a cow make me less stressed? There’s one way to find out …

Fifty pounds will buy you three hours petting the retired dairy cows at Dumble Farm in East Yorkshire – and the tickets sell out almost instantly

I used to do anything to avoid talking to people. But now I’ve stopped hiding my stammer

After years of embarrassing social situations I’ve lost my shame about a condition that many experience but few understand, says freelance writer Kimi Chaddah