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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...

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...

Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

Through this whole corona virus-lockdown ‘end of the world’ situation, a few things have kept my mental health afloat: coffee, impromptu...

In these recent months of lockdown, I have felt drawn towards — or, better, hypnotized — by the nature around me. I have surrounded...

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

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

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,...

1. Make your bed first thing Every morning, make your bed to your own satisfaction, the duvet nice and straight and the pillows plumped. The act of achieving and controlling something as soon as you wake up puts you in the right mood to continue a sense of control throughout your day. You have the power to affect your own thoughts and feelings. Start as you mean to continue — make a promise to yourself to look after your mental health all day long by being as calm as you can

Fish, and particularly fish oil, contains molecules called omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Walnuts, soybeans, and flaxseeds are...

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...

A New year, and a time when publishers traditionally promote January diet books urging self-restraint after the season of merrymaking. While recognising the need for many of us to slim down, I prefer an alternative approach, rooted both in science as well as age-old spirituality. Try eating with your mental health rather than your weight in mind. First, the science. I might never have become interested in the relationship between food and mood had my GP not mentioned the topi

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

“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...

Almost twenty years have passed since the birth of the digital world (Berners Lee 1999). The creation and subsequent rise of the Internet...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is quite common. It affects about one in 20 children and is three or four times more...

It’s the 20th anniversary of The Matrix, one of the best Kung Fu movies ever. The Matrix. And, in a totally unrelated coincidence,...

Walking on an empty street of London: the illuminated windows, the colours and the shadows are always different. Behind every window...

Not surprisingly (perhaps because we are the Stress , Psychiatry and Immunology Laboratory — the SPI Lab, and this is, by the way, the reason why InSPIre the Mind has the capital SPI) I often gets asked to discuss this topic at public festivals, dissemination events, or online interviews — being these the Wellcome Trust Hub at the Latitude Festival in 2015 , the Wellcome Collection Packed Lunch in 2016, the Also Festival in 2017, the Museum of the Mind in 2019 , or an interv

Having a baby is considered a unique and incomparable experience in the life of any woman, and breastfeeding is often described as one of...

Just last month, I was chatting to a friend, who happens to be a doctor, about my research. She asked me: “So, really? You would classify...

In recent years, more and more attention has been placed on the concept that the psychological development of a child is the result of a...

We all experience stress. Whether garden-variety stressors (the task that was due last week, the pile of laundry that keeps growing, the...

The period following childbirth represents a very delicate phase of settling and redefinition of personal and relational identity for new...