Some people drive a car with no idea how it works. This is OK while the car is performing, but when it breaks down, there’s a problem, which may leave… read more »

Amber Rudd recently resigned as Home Secretary. She feels she ‘inadvertently misled’ Parliament over immigrant deportation targets. There had been huge pressure on her in the preceding week. Many feel… read more »

Supporting a football team can damage your health. This is the finding of a recent study, which has discovered that people suffer from losing a game for a lot longer… read more »

When we speak of grief, it’s often linked with the death of someone we love. And this is a very particular and difficult grief. But there are many other forms… read more »

I have a terrible headache and suddenly start worrying that I have a brain tumour. My daughter is a few minutes late from school and I begin to fear that… read more »

My suffering, which clouds my mood, is my unsatisfactory experience of clinging to things that will one day cease to exist… whether a desire, a feeling or a person. I… read more »

Do you ever get trapped inside your head? It’s a source of much unnecessary suffering. Our mental world is always going to be an anxious, negative space; and it can… read more »

Jennifer Lawrence, the American actress, used to be really popular on social media. Now suddenly she’s really unpopular. She’s still the same person she always was, but the pendulum has… read more »

When someone says ‘Who are you?’ what do you say? Do you give your name and address? Do you say something clever like ‘I’m a collection of molecules worth around… read more »

You may not be able to get away at present, with holidays a few months away. But while waiting, you could give yourself a ‘self-compassion break’. It’s something you can… read more »