Tips for creating a strong work-life balance
With the demands of modern life and careers, it can be challenging to find time to spend with friends and family, take care of personal interests, and pursue hobbies. That’s where working smarter …
Wellbeing: Nurturing mind, body, and soul
Welcome to a space dedicated to rest, balance, and healing. Our Wellbeing category explores what it means to care for ourselves in a world that often demands too much of us. From mental health and mindfulness to physical wellness, spiritual practices, and community care, we're here to support your journey toward wholeness.
Whether you're looking for tools to manage stress, reflections on emotional resilience, or ways to reconnect with your roots and rituals, this space honours the many paths to feeling well. Because wellbeing isn't one-size-fits-all — it's personal, cultural, and deeply human.
What not to say to someone who has depression
Some people offer advice to depressed people without understanding how depression works. The advice usually comes from a well-meaning place, but the words used can hurt the sufferer.
Understanding …
How to tell if you have SAD — and what to do about it
For many people, winter is a time of sadness and depression. The days are shorter, the weather is colder, and people find themselves feeling down. This is known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. …
Anxiety disorders and the causes
Anxiety is a feeling of worry, fear, and unease manifest in physical symptoms such as a racing heartbeat or difficulty breathing. It is normal to feel anxious from time to time, but anxiety can become …
What is depression?
Depression is a mood disorder that affects people in different ways and causes various symptoms ranging from mild to severe.
They include lasting feelings of unhappiness and hopelessness, losing …
Tips to combat stress
Stress is everywhere. It is one of the most common conditions experienced by people in the UK today. It is known to contribute to the more serious physical and mental illnesses, as well as being …
Defective breast cancer gene common in Black women
A new study shows gene flaws that raise the risk of breast cancer are surprisingly common in black women with the disease. This is the first comprehensive testing in this racial group.
The study found …
Lifelong exercise is key to keeping your brain healthy in old age
People who keep their fitness level up as a child and adult, through activity three or four times a week, improve their cognitive functioning at 50, a research has claimed.
People perform better in …
Walking in the cold could help burn calories
Going for a walk in the cold after a meal could help people lose weight as low temperatures prompt the body to burn calories, research suggests.
Cool temperatures may activate “good” fat in the …
Celebrity culture blamed for Britain’s obsession with body image
More than half the British public suffers from a negative body image, an inquiry by MPs has been told.
The problem is so bad that girls as young as five now worry about their size and appearance, …
Children should be taught cooking and gardening to fight obesity – says report
A report from the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) warns the UK’s food system is “broken” and must be overhauled to “feed a growing global population in a less …
Bullying victims ‘more likely to self-harm’
New research finds that children who are bullied in childhood are up to three times more likely to self-harm by the age of 12. The study, by researchers at King’s College London’s Institute of …