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Healing the heart

Suzy Walker Editor-in-Chief

This month, we’re talking about grief and healing. Over the last few months, many of us have been left heartbroken. Whether it’s losing people we love or horrific world events that crack our heart in two, how do we process our sorrow, grief and despair? How do we acknowledge our pain, then use our heartbreak as a wake-up call to live our lives differently? Anita Chaudhuri explores all this and more in our Dossier on page 44.

On page 20, we immerse ourselves in glorious nature, as Kate Townshend surrenders to ‘the sky and wild spaces’ to comfort her in dark times. Psychologies resilience champion Katie Piper recommends Your Mind Is Your Home by Kamran Bedi to help us grow our emotional strength (page 16) and, on page 25, Lucy Griffiths shows us how to find the courage to stand up to toxic bullies.

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