Learning to overcome my fear of singing was as easy as do-re-mi

I thought I couldn’t sing. Then I discovered there’s no such thing as ‘tone deaf’ – and that singing is not very different to speaking

As a prison doctor, Amanda Brown knows compassion is the best medicine

A mid-life career leap into the prison service opened this GP’s eyes and heart

Want to improve your life? Just learn to say no

We are used to saying yes to please others but it can be harmful not to be more assertive. And imagine what you can do with all that free time

How the sheer hell of ultrarunning led me to a strange peace

He was often on the verge of giving up such gruelling challenges, but eventually Adharanand Finn found that ultrarunning led him to a meditative state

The Heartland review – fascinating study of schizophrenia

Nathan Filer redefines our understanding of the illness

Five ways to manage travel sickness

Focus on your breathing, stay still – and keep your eyes on the horizon

Astrology superstar Susan Miller: ‘I can really respond to people online’

Astrologer Susan Miller has 17m followers, a figure set to double this year. So how has she made the ancient pseudo-science of fortune-telling a world-wide phenomenon?

Women are happier without children or a spouse, says happiness expert

Behavioural scientist Paul Dolan says traditional markers of success no longer apply

How cleaning helped me rebuild what alcohol had ruined

They say cleaning is detoxing – it’s not, but it was part of my recovery from addiction

Let me into your home: artist Lauren McCarthy on becoming Alexa for a day

She livestreams her dates, once became a real-life Alexa and built a light that dims in boring company. As AI: More Than Human opens at the Barbican, meet an artist for the tech age