Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy
How to build a better life
If you care about someone, show them – and put away your phone
June 2024
How to build a better life
Angry? Disappointed? Heartbroken? Think twice before you call the feelings police
How to build a better life
I’m a recovering perfectionist. Here’s how I embraced the joy of ‘good enough’
May 2024
How to build a better life
Grief is horrible – but it’s supposed to be. We have to feel a loss before we can grow through it
How to build a better life
We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier
April 2024
How to build a better life
Do you want to receive more love? First get to know your superego
It’s the internal voice whose strict, unbending standards can make us miserable. But tuning in to it can change everything
March 2024
How to build a better life
The secret to good relationships? Accept family and friends for who they really are
How to build a better life
The one question we all need to ask ourselves – and how to tune in to the answer
March 2023
A winter of the mind: how to escape survival mode
For many of us, it has been a cold and traumatic year. But, as one reader found, difficult times can lead to new and revolutionary ways of thinking
December 2022
How can you be the best possible parent, lover, friend, citizen or tourist? Here’s what the experts think
It’s not easy being a ‘good’ person – what can we learn from the people who have thought about it the most?
June 2022
Does anyone ever really feel ‘grown up’? I asked some older people to find out
I’m an adult, with the white goods and paperwork to prove it. So why don’t I feel it? I went on a quest to find out
April 2022
‘I was enjoying a life that was ruining the world’: can therapy treat climate anxiety?
People are increasingly looking for help to deal with feelings of fear, helplessness and guilt amid the climate crisis. But can therapists make a difference and is seeking treatment just a form of denial?
August 2021
‘The soundtrack to my life was burping and farting’: how disgusting is your partner?
Living and working in the same space has given many couples an unwanted insight into each other’s dirtiest habits. But should we really find them so gross?
June 2021
‘It was so nasty. He laughed in my face’: How to love and trust again after a big romantic betrayal
When a long-term partner cheats on you it can be devastating, but it is possible to move on in time. Here, experts and Guardian readers explain how best to rebuild your life
May 2021
Post-traumatic growth: the woman who learned to live a profoundly good life after loss
After the deaths of her son and husband, Rhian Mannings emerged slowly from grief to start a charity and find love again. What does her experience tell us about how suffering can change us?
April 2021
Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory
After a year of lockdown, many of us are finding it hard to think clearly, or remember what happened when. Neuroscientists and behavioural experts explain why
March 2021
Lockdown living
The social biome: how to build nourishing friendships – and banish loneliness
All your daily interactions with others, big and small, make up your social biome, and the pandemic has severely damaged most of ours. Here’s how to reinvigorate it
October 2019
Weekend magazine generation gap special
‘You've got to carry on that fight’: strangers swap life-changing experiences
How does it feel to campaign against racism, come out, have an abortion or lose a parent to suicide? People who went through the same things, years apart, share their stories
August 2019
Will you marry us, mate? Why couples are choosing friends to conduct their weddings
It’s your big day, so why let a stranger run the show? Three couples explain why they opted for the personal touch
