‘The best movement is the next movement’: how to really look after your lower back
Getting out of bed. Picking up a coffee mug. Waving at a friend. Bending down to pat a dog. Turning
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Embrace the imperfect and don’t try to keep everyone happy: readers share their tips on doing less in 2026
At the beginning of the year, we asked experts on how we can go easier on ourselves. They gave us
The potato bed: is this the ultimate sleep solution?
Name: The potato bed. Age: About two months. Appearance: The cosiest way to achieve spinal distress. Is this sleeping on
Rejection spreadsheets: would 1,000 knockbacks make you a better person?
Name: Rejection spreadsheets. Age: There’s nothing new in rejection. JK Rowling was rejected by 12 publishers, Elvis was told he
‘Australia’s beach culture is very fatphobic’: the summertime rise in body dissatisfaction
Bella Davis has struggled with body dissatisfaction since she was eight years old. “I grew up thinking having a soft
Strong v swole: the surprising truth about building muscle
Until pretty recently, the conventional wisdom about building muscle was that it worked via a system you might think of
A new start after 60: I jumped in the sea for the first time, and finally began to heal
When David Warr was 11 he thought he was dying. At his school swimming lesson, he jumped in and swam
The spikiness secret: can acupressure mats help with pain, stress and insomnia?
Ever since Keith, 39, from Kansas, was in a car accident in 2023, he has lived with “pretty much constant
‘We cut through the online ocean of advice’: the rise of adult sleep coaching
Before he sought out an adult sleep coach, Thorsten had spent countless hours trawling online advice about sleep. “I devoured
‘I was probably just as lost as my callers’: my six months as a telephone psychic
I’m not psychic. During the six months I spent working as a telephone psychic, my only supernatural gift was the