Science
Psychologies UK
COME ON NOW, don't be silly...
When someone we love is anxious, often the first thing we do is to try and make it better. Sometimes that means we try to jolly them along and make them see that there is nothing to worry about, or we throw them a solution.
3 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
I spent years being told I was careless and lazy, and had a butterfly mind
Award-winning coach Kim Morgan meets old client Alice, who is struggling to make sense of a late diagnosis
4 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Lack of salons for black hair
Less than half of hairdresser training colleges are teaching students how to care for afro hair
1 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
The world needs spirituality right now
When you meet a neuroscientist, you expect a certain kind of conversation. Complicated terms, difficult theories, and a residual feeling of confusion at the end of it. Not so with Dr Tara Swart.
8 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Healthy mind, HEALTHY BODY?
It had been a long week. Multiple meetings, a work event that meant being out of the house for 16 hours straight, lots of deadlines to meet in-between. I was looking forward to a fun weekend when, wouldn't you know it, I started sneezing, then the dreaded tickly throat started. How ironic, the minute I could finally start to enjoy myself, I got ill.
3 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Eat your way to a happier menopause
Nutritionist Karen Newby has compiled these simple and nutritious recipes to combat and minimise the most commonly reported symptoms of menopause.
4 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
ARE YOU DEALING WITH A SILENT saboteur?
The story of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died after eating a baguette containing sesame seeds, has always horrified me. Fully aware of her allergy, she was stringent about checking labels. But the sesame seeds were baked into the dough, and they weren't listed as an ingredient. After taking just a few fateful bites, there was little she could do.
4 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Time to step up
Defending a friend makes people more attractive
1 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
THE NARCISSIST FAMILY TREE
In a healthy family dynamic, emotional support and love are paramount.
7 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
A love letter to a broken heart
Journalling our way through grief, loss and disappointment to find clarity, growth and vitality on the other side.
6 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
The Science of Wellbeing: How sleep organises your emotions
Each month, Ali Roff Farrar explores the deep and mysterious realms of psychology and neuroscience, to help us understand and reach greater levels of wellbeing in body and mind...
3 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
TOO MUCH too soon?
There are some people who have munched halfway through their advent calendar before they even begin to think about dragging the box with the festive decs down. As long as it's up before Christmas Eve, then it's all good in their eyes. Then there are others, like a neighbour of mine, who can't even wait for Halloween to be over before they plunge feet first into festive cheer. I'm talking Christmas tree up in the window by the end of October, stockings, tinsel, Wham! blaring out from the speakers, Christmas movies on the TV 24/7...
5 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE digital NOW...
Technology has helped millions of couples bridge the gap of distance, learn relationship skills that save marriages, and even remember the grocery list so as not to start a fight.
5 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Finding beauty in the gloom
After moving from the always Insta-worthy Northumberland landscape, Caro Giles discovers there's still beauty in the city if you're prepared to take time to seek it out.
3 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Sarah Cawood
The presenter says opening up about feeling left out and left behind in her career since becoming a mum has been liberating, not embarrassing.
2 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Are we living life on autopilot?
Most of our actions are habitual, with only a third being a result of conscious choice, says study
1 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
COPING WITH CONSTANT CRISIS
Every day brings a new headline: war, genocide, soaring inflation, social fracture, political collapse, and the resurgence of the far right. The crises seem endless, each one stacked on the last, and even when the events are unfolding far from home, the psychological toll is immediate and often overwhelming.
6 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
Night owls more likely to be addicted to screens
Heavy use of social media and smartphones linked to loneliness and anxiety
1 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
My kind of bars
More seeds, less coconut, lashings of fruit? This is the perfect base for healthy bars on the go
1 min |
November 2025
Psychologies UK
A piece of my mind, or peace of mind?
Calm and conflict can sometimes go hand in hand.
2 min |
November 2025
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 |