Baking for love

How to succeed in your life – and be happy

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Viewpoint

Let us know what you think of the magazine and each month we’ll publish the best letters

The Fix

From the devastating opening lines: ‘Martin Toppy is the son

“But I want it now!”

Learning to wait is a life skill that might just change your life, writes Harriet Minter

JOIN US!

In partnership with NOW Live Events, we’re o~ ering two workshops: Psychologies’ agony aunt, Mary Fenwick, helps us to develop a public voice, while business innovator, David Pearl, tells us how to find the answers to big questions – on the street

Escape every day

Kick that ‘back to school’ feeling and avoid the autumn blues with this month’s gripping reads

Stockists

Where to buy the products featured in this month’s issue

MINDFUL MATTERS

Create a book club gathering with a difference in your home once a month – focusing on happiness and positive psychology

“Now I’m older, I crave working with more women”

Confident, determined, and brimming with natural talent, Kate Mara is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest properties. From embracing feminism to cherishing her family roots, here’s why we adore the House Of Cards star

Time to get lost

Chris Baréz-Brown urges us to use a lunch break to switch off the phone and explore a new location

Take a day off from your life

Feeling overwhelmed and fit to drop? Maybe you need to ‘pull a sickie’ to save your sanity, says Heidi Scrimgeour

Learning from the unexpected

Every month, Martha Roberts invites you to road-test research around feeling good

Can you save your relationship – by yourself?

Is it possible to bring your relationship back from the brink of break-up by doing an online course without your partner? Ella Deane decided to find out Is it possible to bring your relationship back from the brink of break-up by doing an online course without your partner? Ella Deane decided to find out

“I used to be indecisive, but now I’m not so sure”

Every decision you make is a battle between intuition and logic and, whether you make snap judgements or dither about for ages, weighing up the pros and cons depends on your personality type. But we can learn from both, decides Lizzie Enfield

How to thrive in an open-plan office

Every month, Oliver Burkeman invites you to improve your work life

RUN, COOK, WRITE

A hobby can teach you much more than a new skill. Three women talk about what different activities taught them about themselves

“I feel guilty about everything”

Our columnist, award-winning coach Kim Morgan, advises a woman whose feelings of guilt are dominating her life

‘‘My husband is such a flirt‘‘

Our agony aunt Mary Fenwick offers a new perspective on whatever is troubling you

“Space to think”

Clare and David Hieatt’s home in rural Wales is a place where creative ideas flourish, for both their family and the visitors who come to soak up its spirit

Philip Zimbardo

In 1971, young psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, brought together a group of student volunteers, splitting them into prisoners and guards in the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment. Its results still shock the world

REAL AMBITION

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most successful

WHAT’S THE SECRET OF SUCCESS?

Lorna V interviews the panel of five experts featured in the latest Psychologies’ book, Real Ambition, and discovers more about their own visions and versions of success, and what ambition means to them…

THE TIME IS NOW

When Ali Roff took her seed of an idea to business guru Shaa Wasmund’s The One Retreat, she expected to learn what it takes to start her own business, meet some likeminded people, and perhaps devise a plan. She did not anticipate bonding with the most inspiring people she had ever met, finding real motivation and feeling a true shift in her mindset, and her life

SUPERCHARGE YOUR GOAL-SETTING

Do you set goals but constantly sabotage yourself? You are not alone, says Anita Chaudhuri. Here, she tries out Psychologies’ Achieve Your Goals online course to discover if she can stop procrastinating and just get on with it

CHANGING AMBITIONS

Three people explain through their own experiences how ambition can change, evolve and, ultimately, surprise us

FIND YOUR PASSION

Paradoxical as it sounds, it’s quite common to feel ambitious for success, without having a clue about what you want to do. Are you convinced that, if only you could find the right path, there would be no stopping you? Take this quiz to identify what matters to you most and find your core values

EMBRACE YOUR CREATIVITY

Believe in what you love, trust your taste and put your heart into your home

Joyful things

You don’t have to follow every trend – just have

Everything stops for tea

Even if you question your baking ability, Martha Collison’s accessible book, Twist, will inspire you to get into the kitchen and create showstoppers. Gather loved ones together and share the relaxing, sociable ritual of afternoon tea

Sit, breathe, and repeat

Simple meditation can bring about pure gold moments

The plan

Every month for the next year, the #360me team will be sharing our baby-steps approach to leading a healthier, happier life – expert-endorsed and real-life approved

PUMPKIN, CHICKPEA AND BROWN RICE BALLS WITH LABNE AND ROASTED CARROTS

‘Life In balance’ by Donna Hay (Fourth Estate, £18.99) is

Finding willpower

After years of self-imposed restriction and extreme dieting, our Dossier editor, Ali Roff, has at last discovered her healthy truth

Morning stillness

The Naturalista, Xochi Balfour’s One Good Thing for October

The real brain training game

Determined to find a permanent solution to her ulcerative colitis, Beverley D’Silva seeks to cure the root cause – deep inside her brain

Gift to self

Stress has an immense effect. It’s not always possible to

Feeling the beet

This month, nutritional therapist Eve Kalinik is rooting for the health benefits of beetroot

The little green home

Eco and ethical rule the roost, at home with the Hemsleys

Is being too healthy unhealthy?

Each month, leading integrative health expert, Dr Andrew Weil, gives his definitive answer

Discover your dream eco escape ECO ESCAPE

Our Contributing Travel Editor, green girl and SPA.Kitchen founder, Daisy Finer, rounds up the world’s best ethical holidays

Find meaning in the East

‘Real deal’, uplifting holidays among the locals for travellers with a conscience