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Five groups of people I smile at when I am running
I am a big “smiler”. I smile at strangers in the street. I smile when entering a shop. I smile every time I make eye contact, no matter...

Carmine Pariante
May 11, 20213 min read


How to be there for a friend the first time they call you for support
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the nature in which we have been interacting with our friends and reaching out for support. As the...

Anonymous
May 4, 20216 min read


Warm up your soul with a hot cup of tea
It goes without saying, this pandemic has been hard on us all. Not being able to be with the people you love is tough and it’s not...

Celeste Miller
Mar 12, 20214 min read


Sleep to remember (and forget)
Sleeping constitutes around one-third of our lifetime. To put this statistic into perspective, if you live until 70 years old, around 27...

Anna Bogdanova
Feb 24, 20214 min read


Craft and Connection this Christmas
It goes without saying that this year has been unlike any other in our lifetime. Due to the pandemic, many of our usual Christmas...

Emily Hayes
Dec 21, 20205 min read


Christmas and pandemics: Times for love and anger
Now that government has decided how the festival season is to be celebrated are we any clearer? In some area’s pubs may open but cannot...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Dec 21, 20203 min read


Working from home during the Coronavirus — good or bad for our mental health?
For years, many people have advocated that the majority of office work can be done from the comfort of one’s own home. If you are going...

Frances Weston
Nov 27, 20205 min read


Why Perfectionism May Be Damaging for our Mental Health
Before we start to really dive in, I have a bit of a confession to make: I think I’m a perfectionist. Ok, well maybe it wasn’t the...

Courtney Worrell
Nov 25, 20208 min read


Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic
Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

Lokesh Agrawal
Jul 16, 20208 min read


Running from a scientist’s point of view: hating it or loving it?
Through this whole corona virus-lockdown ‘end of the world’ situation, a few things have kept my mental health afloat: coffee, impromptu...

Juliette Giacobbe
Jul 14, 20206 min read


The outdoors and mental health: an “after-the-lockdown” perspective
In these recent months of lockdown, I have felt drawn towards — or, better, hypnotized — by the nature around me. I have surrounded...

Carolina Estevao
Jul 7, 20204 min read


Exercising our immune system during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on health, society and the global economy. Worldwide infections are now over...

Richard Simpson
Jun 23, 20206 min read


Feeding our mental health
Cooking without a doubt nourishes your psychological well-being; it soothes the soul and the mind” — Chef Zipora Einav For some people...

Nicole Mariani
May 26, 20205 min read


"Fake it till you habit": a neuroscience approach to improving your routine
One thing that all people (and even some animals) have in common is habits. Bad ones, good ones — our lives are all about changing them,...

Anna Bogdanova
May 12, 20204 min read


TOP TIPS FOR SUSTAINING YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS THROUGH THE CORONA VIRUS
1. Make your bed first thing Every morning, make your bed to your own satisfaction, the duvet nice and straight and the pillows plumped....

Rachel Kelly
Apr 23, 20205 min read


Omega-3 fatty acids: it's about more than just fish
Fish, and particularly fish oil, contains molecules called omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Walnuts, soybeans, and flaxseeds are...

Juliette Giacobbe
Mar 18, 20204 min read


Running in the times of #Coronavirus
Is this #pandemic changing our approach to pollution? And to life? Let me start with an Editor’s Note. We don’t usually start a blog with...

Carmine Pariante
Mar 18, 20205 min read


Ditch the diets this January, says Rachel Kelly
A New year, and a time when publishers traditionally promote January diet books urging self-restraint after the season of merrymaking....

Rachel Kelly
Jan 29, 20203 min read


Health and Happiness the Salon London Way
In 2008, Juliet Russell, Diccon Towns and I set up Salon London to get Londoners together with academics, experts, authors and their...

Helen Bagnall
Jan 15, 20206 min read


Mindfulness: How to become a Jedi?
“A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind… All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never...

Giulia Lombardo
Jan 8, 20205 min read


DOES SOCIAL NETWORK ADDICTION EXIST?
Almost twenty years have passed since the birth of the digital world (Berners Lee 1999). The creation and subsequent rise of the Internet...

Jessica Trinetti
Nov 6, 20197 min read


More Fish, Better Attention? It Really Depends.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is quite common. It affects about one in 20 children and is three or four times more...

Jane Chang
Nov 6, 20193 min read


Is Kung Fu good for your health? Yes — and also for your body and mind
It’s the 20th anniversary of The Matrix, one of the best Kung Fu movies ever. The Matrix. And, in a totally unrelated coincidence,...

Carmine Pariante
Oct 8, 20195 min read


“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures” — A photographer’s creative journey into expressing…
Walking on an empty street of London: the illuminated windows, the colours and the shadows are always different. Behind every window...

Francesco Catania
Oct 1, 20194 min read
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