Lifestyle
Psychologies UK
FORGET INTROVERT AND EXTROVERT, COULD YOU BE AN 'otrovert'?
Most people find it hard to imagine what it feels like to have no group loyalty: to not feel any particular affinity to your nationality, ethnicity, religion, or to your chosen profession, a particular sports team, or your alma mater. These group affiliations form partly because local cultures are diverse, and even small differences can be enough to bind people together — or set them apart.
6 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
IS TECHNOLOGY KEEPING US STUCK IN THE PAST?
Back in the day, if you had a horrible boss, or a relationship that ended on a sour note, you could process the situation and move on.
4 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
Do you need a POWER PAUSE?
As women, we are told to push. Long before childbirth and in almost everything we do. As a result, we tell ourselves to ‘lean in’, ‘hustle’ and ‘keep going’, as we power on through the relentless, back-to-back demands of our daily lives. As we push harder, we sleep less, hoping that somehow our fatigued bodies and foggy minds will catch up. We are so scared to stop.
6 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
The joys of seasonal eating
Raymond Blanc explains how everyone thought he was 'weird' when he introduced a vegetarian menu 40 years ago, and why he still loves veg
6 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
INTO THE uni mindset
As thousands fly the nest and head off to university, many parents will be anxious about how their kids will cope with living alone as well as studying. After all, when a new study showed that a quarter of uni-aged kids can't even boil an egg, it looks like they've got reason to worry!
2 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
YOU DON'T HAVE TO smile
Most of us were taught from a young age to be polite — to smile, to say thank you, to make others feel comfortable.
3 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
FEEL THE FEAR
I gaze out the window as the countryside whizzes by in a green blur. Through my much-loved earphones, I listen to the album Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos — music that has gotten me through much more difficult experiences than this, I remind myself. Because this — although nerve-wracking — is nothing compared to the challenges I have faced in life so far. Really, giving a talk to a room of strangers around my passion — careers in writing — is pretty straightforward stuff.
5 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
DR ALEX GEORGE: If a food makes you feel bad, that's your body telling you something'
After weighing over 20st and struggling with grief and depression two and a half years ago, Dr Alex George says his ‘diet was poor’, he wasn’t exercising and was ‘consuming too much alcohol and processed foods’.
3 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
Can I finally stand still?
In a new city, in a new life, Caro Giles wonders if she has at last found home
3 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
THE HIDDEN COST OF caring
It’s been raining for days. I fantasise about floating away. We all agree that this wet week feels like the longest week ever. I’m counting down the hours until I can escape to Glasgow and be with Joe, and shut the mother away in a box. All week my two little ones, Tess and Emmie, have been as changeable as the sea, sitting at a piano singing Taylor Swift songs one moment, and brimming with worries the next.
6 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
Lisa Snowdon
The model and TV presenter on how she swapped her phone addiction for forest bathing and board games!
3 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
ARE WE REALLY FRIENDS...or am I just useful?
“Morning! I'm a bit busy now so will drop you a message later on and you can come over here, okay?”
5 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
We prioritise our phones over everything else'
Are you getting sick of losing hours of your life to your phone every day, even when you're trying hard not to? Psychologist and expert Dr Martha Deiros Collado is here to help us take back control...
8 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
HIDDEN SIGNS OF autism
I remember the first time I heard about autism. It was the 80s, and Dustin Hoffman was huge. Then he did Rain Man. It took the world — or at least our corner of the world — by storm. Every adult I knew was talking about it, stopping in the street, in the supermarket. It meant something.
4 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX ADDICTION
The first time I encountered the term 'sex addiction' was during the 90s as teenager flicking through gossip magazines that detailed the latest celebrity who was struggling with it. Sex addiction was — and continues to be — seen as scandalous, a source of gossip. Addiction to my mind meant drugs or alcohol, so I was surprised by the thought that sex could also be an addiction.
6 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
I'm the queen of the castle!
On creating an oasis of feminine peace in the cold, hard corporate world
2 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
EIGHT RULES FOR TALKING TO YOUR PARTNER ABOUT MONEY
Like many, I grew up with the idea that we just don't talk about money, an opinion often delivered with a very disapproving look.
5 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
Walking With Your Pen
A soulful journaling practice that helps you find clarity, shift perspective, and reconnect with yourself, one turn at a time
7 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
HOW TO TALK YOURSELF INTO A pay rise
An old colleague of mine was absolutely amazing when it came to salary negotiations.
5 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
'Sometimes seedlings aren't ready to be planted out'
Last time client Jill was convinced she wanted to leave her marriage, but was facing opposition from loved ones. What will she decide?
4 min |
October 2025
Psychologies UK
THE POWER OF SMALL EXPERIMENTS
You've done the reflecting.
3 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
THE JOY COMPASS
Listening to what lights you up
4 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
The most wonderful time of the year?
In a few weeks most kids will be going back to school, or even starting at a new one. It can be an exciting time, but also an anxious one, so how can we help, asks Lisa Salmon
4 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
IS MEANING THE MISSING LINK?
Why purposeful lives make us happier, and how to begin living one
5 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
‘Turning 50 is not the closing of a chapter, it’s the opening of a new one’
Actress Emilia Fox explains why she’s ‘full of energy and possibility’ and plans for the second half of her life
3 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
Making veggies the star of the show
When the weather's hot you don't always want a traditional meal, so here we're sharing Jesse Jenkins' (from social-media sensation ADIP — Another Day in Paradise) favourite vegetable-based recipes, inspired by flavours from Mexico, Korea and Guatemala
4 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
6 Approaching menopause has definitely given me motivation'
TV doctor Zoe Williams wants to help more women understand the changes menopause can bring, and make them feel empowered to face them with confidence
5 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
Something on the horizon...
It's never easy when there is beauty in the distance but you can't quite reach it yet
3 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
THE LIFE YOU'VE BUILT VERSUS the life you you want
When summer is in full swing, the tempo changes.
5 min |
August 2025
Psychologies UK
WHY DO WE WANT TO GO OFF THE beaten track?
From dilapidated cottages to the site of a notorious nuclear disaster, what is behind the longing to seek out abandoned places, asks Katie Scott
4 min |