Find a room of your own: top 10 tips for women who want to write

Give up wanting to be liked, live with imposter syndrome and love what you do. Suzanne Moore advises aspiring female writers

How I curbed my helicopter parenting – and let my daughter jump through fire

A family festival, where children learn courageous feats, helped me break my over-protective habits

When my husband died, mushroom foraging helped me out of the dark

After losing all sense of hope and home, hunting in woodland with other mushroomers got me through my grief

It’s not your fault? That doesn’t mean you’re off the hook

Evading liability feels comfortable, but turns out to be a prison, while stepping up feels unpleasant, but ends up being freeing

Facing life with dementia and discovering a positive path

I thought dementia was all about losing myself, but I have found sides to me I never knew I had

Would tracing the history of my family’s J Lyons empire be my cup of tea?

I discovered deeds of great bravery – as well as things to be ashamed of. But learning about my ancestors’ remarkable achievements has given my own life more meaning

If you want to get things done, pause

Taking time out is crucial. Don’t fill up your whole day and you can kickstart a new sense of rhythm. By Robert Poyton

Physician, ultrarunner, thriller writer … meet the man who lives life to the full

Professor Hugh Montgomery says mastering new skills helps him relax – and makes life appear to last longer

Do we have a right to know if we could have the Huntington’s disease gene?

Not telling your child that this hereditary condition is in the family can be devastating later on

McMindfulness by Ronald Purser; Mindfulness by Christina Feldman and Willem Kuyken – review

Mindfulness may have become a tool of capitalism, but if it works, does it matter?