Art and soul: how sparking your creativity helps you stay well

Linking creativity to madness is a myth. But making things is good for everyone’s wellbeing, says Lydia Ruffles

What is your biggest regret? Here are people’s devastatingly honest answers

When I posed this question on Twitter, the stories poured out and patterns emerged. Real regrets are about bad choices in love, learning and loss, being held back by fear – and self-blame

Awe inspiring: do moments of wonder make us nicer people?

Experiencing awe helps us to feel more human, says Caspar Henderson. We would do well to seek it out

What makes a child psychopathic?

Damage to the amygdala, not bad parenting, is to blame for psychopathic children, believes Abigail Marsh

How our visual memories are made

Meeting a young Syrian refugee inspires Mark Cousins to imagine how different our defining images can be

Wellbeing enhanced more by places than objects, study finds

Research using brain scans finds people experience feelings of contentment from places more than from objects such as photographs or wedding rings

How to embrace unexpected silences

A sudden absence of noise can be awkward and uncomfortable. But it also lets us take stock, says Amber Hatch

How to create life’s big moments

Chip and Dan Heath say don’t wait for life’s defining events to come along – make them happen now. Here’s how

Is your new phone really your friend?

Our hardwired tendency toward laziness means once we’ve been persuaded to adopt certain pseudo-conveniences, we won’t want to give them up

Feeling like an impostor? You can escape this confidence-sapping syndrome

Even the highest achievers, such as Albert Einstein and Maya Angelou, suffer from this corrosive form of low self-esteem. But there are coping strategies, says life coach Fiona Buckland