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Welcome…

We’re celebrating some wonderful women this month, and

Hello!

With summer on the horizon, it’s the perfect

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BOOST YOUR energy

Could the secret to abundant energy reserves be less about the body and more about the mind? Sally Saunders explores…

Using (and losing) habits to boost your energy

Neuroscientist, integrated success coach, and certified therapist Laura Ellera, aka The Neuroscience Knowledge Sharer, explains how our habits can help and hinder us

WHAT’S SAPPING YOUR EMOTIONAL ENERGY?

If you’re functioning but not quite flourishing, take our test to identify what’s really depleting your get-up-and-go

What’s draining your energy levels?

IF YOU SCORED MAINLY ♥ Conforming Trying to

Easy energy boosts

Recover your vim and vigour with these helping-hand products with hero ingredients, all created especially to give you back your get-up-and-go

In the mood

Thought-provoking culture, insightful scienceand inspirational snippets to bring you up to date on all things uplifting, hopeful and happy-making

3 of the best reads… INSPIRED BY NATURE

Viewpoint

Send your letters of gratitude and tell us what you loved reading in the magazine to letters@psychologies.co.uk

PHOTO FAVOURITES

Still waters When I took this photo, I

Strength, for me, comes from taking a little time to put yourself first

Presenter Emma Willis on growing up with strong women, and how husband Matt taught her to value self-care

LIFE AS I KNOW IT Marriage of inconvenience

Is it wrong to hope for just one not-so-happily-ever-after,asks Harriet Minter

Mind

Inspiration to boost your happiness and onfidence, plus si ple steps to overcome anxie and stress

THE CULTURE CURE

Social prescribing is on the rise. Kellie Gillespie-Wright investigates why engaging with the arts could hold the key to your long-term health and happiness

Coaching in action Walk this way

In their second session, the award-winning coach Kim Morgan engages her client Hazel * in a little walking therapy, and helps her discover a gateway to dealing with her grief

Work it out

Changes to our relationships, work, finances, and health can mean that our basic emotional needs are no longer being met in the way they were before.

Learn & Grow

Develop self-esteem, feel true satisfaction, and thrive through the power of learning

What to do, when you’re already doing everything

Rather than ticking off a happiness to-do list, follow the path to wellness by welcoming in difficult feelings and wallowing in them awhile, writes Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald

What to do instead of everything

What can you do if you feel you’re doing everything right, and it’s just not working?

Soothe your mind through touch

It’s one of the things we missed most during the pandemic: the stroke of a hand, a kiss on the cheek, the simple act of hugging friends and family. But just why is touch so powerful? Michael Banissy explains…

Ten easy ways to tackle touch hunger

Bring the benefits of sensory connection into your everyday life with these simple techniques

Words can change your life

Pick the path of positivity and choose compassionate, loving language over critical self-talk, writes Kristen Butler

Just imagine…

Discover the magic of manifestation and learn how to plot a path from your present to the future, says Jackee Holder

Heart

How to connect more meaningfully a enjoy loving relationships with our partners, childre , parents and friends

Coming up for air Switching gears

With her caring responsibilities a constant companion, Caro Giles discovers that a change of scenery and a slower pace is sometimes all it takes to top up the tank

“WHY I KEEP MY KIDS OFF SOCIAL MEDIA”

Acutely aware that an online presence leaves an indelible imprint, with potentially long-lasting consequences, it’s a decision Yasmina Floyer finds easy to defend

Body

Improve your physical wellbeing with gentle activity, better sleep, optimum nutrition and natural beauty

MINDFUL WELLNESS

This month we welcome the return of our long-time Wellness Director, mindfulness expert and yoga teacher Ali Roff Farrar, as she shares new research, hacks, and wisdom on nutrition and meditation

Bit of a stretch MOTIVATED TO MOVE

Hollywood child actress Rachel Hurd-Wood swapped the red carpet for a yoga mat in her new life as a Pilates teacher and mum of two

Food philosophy

Pure, seasonal ingredients and mindful preparation form the basis of Nancy Singleton Hachisu’s elegant, flavorsome dishes, in Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook

Being diagnosed with ADHD at 50 helped me make sense of my past

Queen of skincare Caroline Hirons speaks to Psychologies about making it to the top, why she loves getting older, and how her ADHD became one of her biggest strengths

Soul

Discover ways to make your soul sing… wit creativity, nature, finding your purpos in life and at work, tr vel and spirituality

WALK YOURSELF happy

Rediscover walking as a daily habit, and boost the mental benefits by meditating as you move

THE FIRST STEPS IN A NEW DIRECTION

After two decades as a journalist, Psychologies editor-in-chief Sally Saunders decides it’s time to tackle her impostor syndrome – and study life coaching

The words

We’re with C SLewis, who said, ‘You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.’ Alex Lloyd provides the inspiration…

Retreat into June

How to be happier

Emma Hepburn, aka The Psychology Mum, shares how to bring more bliss into your life