What every parent needs to know about raising girls in Britain today
Everyone working with teenagers around the world has known it for almost a decade now: a generation is unravelling. The pandemic didn’t help. The backdrop of what…
Can a smart watch help you manage stress?
After two years of lockdowns, home-working, home-schooling, restrictions, and now a war in Ukraine, it’s no surprise we’re stressed about stress. According to data from Google Trends,…
How to recognise burnout… and take control of your work-life balance
For a long time, Tom Mann dreamt of opening a coffee van. Instead of long hours in the office, endless meetings and deadlines, he’d have the freedom…
Five signs you’re a highly sensitive person – and why that’s not a bad thing
“There’s an interesting question, going forward, of what do we mean by leadership?” says Walker. Could it not equally be exhibited by one “who listens to their…
Britain’s ‘sandwich’ generation are burning out: How to cope when ageing parents and children need you most
Ordinarily, for people like Janice, vital resources are scant, but during the pandemic they became almost non-existent. Services, specialised day centres and helplines were eroded, and cuts…
Stacey Dooley: ‘I’m so middle-class now that I have oat milk in my coffee’
Stacey Dooley, 34, is a TV presenter and journalist. She first appeared in BBC Three documentary Blood, Sweat and T-shirts in 2008 and has since made programmes…
Dame Helen Mirren shows how having imposter syndrome can be a superpower
However Dr Anne Whitehouse, author of Pull Back Your Power; Unlocking Profound Confidence and Success for Women, is not at all surprised by Mirren’s comments. The further…
It’s Monday morning – and the professional thing to do would be to let your colleagues see the real you
Is there a ‘work’ you? When you log on, on a Monday morning, does anything about you drastically change? Pre-pandemic, the signifiers of this may have been…
‘I try to see it as a superpower’: pop star Lola Young on being schizoaffective
Nick Shymansky promised himself he would never manage another artist after Amy Winehouse. Having parted ways with the star in 2006 after spending a year battling to…
Professor with terminal cancer took his own life by crashing stolen plane
After telling radio control he would find an unpopulated area to crash and kill himself, he gave his instructor access to his bank accounts to pay back…
The happiness industry is wrong – feeling sad is just part of the package
Harvard Business School has been attracting glowing reports for its Leadership and Happiness class, taught by the social scientist Arthur Brooks. The seven-week programme teaches its whizz-kids…
Gemma Collins: Self Harm and Me, review: a superb takedown of the stiff upper lip
It’s quite possible that you have never heard of Gemma Collins, but there was still something to be gained from watching Gemma Collins: Self-Harm and Me (Channel…
Urgent action is needed on mental health
Among the most worrying consequences of the coronavirus lockdowns has been a rise in mental health problems. In November last year, the Health Secretary said that levels…
Virginia Woolf shouldn’t be cancelled – her influence has been overwhelmingly benign
“I do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter,” Virginia Woolf once wrote. Camden Council clearly does not…
Our phones are coming between us – it’s time to call it a day
And because of this, my break-up with my phone is having to take place in stages. First, the removal of apps like Instagram from my home screen,…
How Tom Hardy made CBeebies Bedtime Stories a star magnet
At 6.50pm on Sunday night, via the medium of television, a major Royal will address the nation. She will not, however, talk about her annus horribilis or…
Ketamine an effective treatment for curbing suicidal thoughts, says study
Ketamine is an effective treatment for suicidal thoughts among three-fifths of patients, a study has suggested. The drug was tested by researchers at the University of Montpellier,…
The teens who won’t leave their rooms – how the Covid pandemic fuelled the rise of ‘ghost children’
Every morning, the only way Kate knew if her 15-year-old son Ben was alive was if she heard him open the door of his bedroom, snatch the…
The teens who won’t leave their rooms – how the pandemic fuelled the rise of ‘ghost children’
Every morning, the only way Kate knew if her 15-year-old son Ben was alive was if she heard him open the door of his bedroom, snatch the…
The key to unlocking a happier life
When thinking about our happiness, we tend to focus on big-picture questions. We look at our life in its totality, examining the broad strokes of our career,…
Is your health suffering because of the ‘winner’s curse’?
“I loved the job, even though it had always been a demanding one,” says Uzzell, 51, who lives in Norwich. “But, like many people, in lockdown, I…
Why it’s fine for our children to be anxious
They say you are only as happy as your least happy child, to which a very wise psychotherapist friend of mine often replies: your children do not…
Thank you, Joanna Lumley, for being brave enough to say what everyone’s thinking
“This is a horrible thing to say, but I think the mental health thing is being overplayed at the moment. Because anybody who is even remotely sad…
Joanna Lumley: People need to ‘get a grip’ and stop jumping on the mental health bandwagon
Mental health is “overplayed” and some people are just sad, Dame Joanna Lumley has said. The actress and campaigner, who has lent her support to mental health…
‘I couldn’t ask for help’: Tony Schumacher on why he wrote police drama The Responder
The thing about hitting the bottom is that you don’t know you’re on the way there until you’re actually there. I mean, you know you’re in a…