Experience: I walked the length of the UK with a donkey
After a relationship breakup, rambling 700 miles from the Highlands to Dorset with Martin helped restore my faith in people
A moment that changed me: I found out the identity of my troll – and it shook me
Who was behind the anonymous account sending nasty messages at 4am? The answer made me paranoid, then defiant
‘The pain was worse than giving birth’: why are so many women separated from their babies in prison?
First they had to give birth in custody, then their babies were taken away. Sometimes they never got them back. Here’s what 29 women told the Lost Mothers Project
The one change that worked: I could never get fit – until I tried a 40-second plank every day
All my attempts at exercise had ended in failure, so I decided to lower the bar. Five years of planking later and I’m a stronger and healthier person – sorry ‘athlete’
In a culture obsessed with positive thinking, can letting go be a radical act?
Beyond self-help mantras like ‘Let them’, radical acceptance shows us the value in learning how to truly accept life just the way it is
Do we ever stop feeling anxious, angry or sad about relationships? Not if my older friends are any guide
The generations are more segregated than ever. Yet we have so much in common, writes Emma Beddington
The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?
My father’s death from cancer showed me you need to look after your lungs. But apart from not smoking, what should you be doing? I headed to a laboratory, strapped on a mask and heart monitor and started pedalling …
Beauty products: 16 skin, hair and wellness essentials the experts can’t live without
Stylists, dermatologists, aestheticians and nutritionists share the products they return to, time and again
‘I was scared to even eat the vegetables in my fridge’: the eating disorder that focuses on food purity
As health institutions collapse and Maha influencers spread food fears, experts say orthorexia is on the rise
The experts: neurologists on 17 simple ways to look after your brain
Sleep well, swap butter for olive oil, learn a musical instrument – or embrace some other ‘magnificent obsession’. Here is what doctors do themselves to delay the onset of cognitive decline