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A personal project

Armed with a target, schedule and progress reports, Harriet Minter puts her organised business mind to improving her neglected private life

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The Words

As the weather hots up, it’s time to select those all-important holiday reads. Well, look no further, we’ve got it covered – just don’t forget your shades to keep the sun out of your eyes!

Happiness Book Club Look for joy

Vanessa King of Action for Happiness, author of 10 Keys To Happier Living, recommends Joyful – The Surprising Power Of Ordinary Things To Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee

HOW TO Reset

Machines are designed to run constantly, people are not, says Do Pause author Robert Poynton. To prosper, we need to learn to stop, reset and regenerate

Thank you for sharing

Employers are realising that a culture of emotional honesty can build trusting, creative teams, but vulnerability is tricky terrain. Suzanne Scott explores how much sharing is too much

“ Grief brought an opportunity to reconsider how I earned my living ”

Yoga teacher Lucy Parker transformed loss into strength, and now shares her positive outlook through the classes and workshops she runs at her home studio, Flow

Coach yourself to a happier family

No matter how much soul-searching we do, dealing with an unbalanced or miserable family environment is di_ cult and painful. Here, life coach Julie Leoni helps a reader figure out whether to let go of her interfering, troublemaking relatives for good

The wheel of life

Cut out this page and put it somewhere visible. Use the wheel of life, a classic coaching tool, to improve your family life. The wheel allows you to focus on improving one segment of your life at a time, while giving you an overall picture of all the parts that comprise a happy life

Living in a box

When Ellen Tout came out as a teenager, she found the word ‘lesbian’ restrictive. As the queer community moves away from compartmentalizing, she asks, wouldn’t all our lives be better without labels?

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Andrea McLean

The Loose Women presenter and menopause writer talks about growing up in the sun, learning to argue her case, and finding love

Goodbye stress, hello headspace

In our column and podcast series, Professor Sarah Niblock, CEO of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, explores challenges that affect us all. This month, we look at the impact of stress on every area of our lives, and what we can do to turn it off

‘‘He spends more time in the gym than with me‘‘

Our agony aunt, Mary Fenwick, off ers a new perspective on whatever is troubling you

Make friends with your demons

On her post-divorce journey to change the kind of relationship she attracts in the future, Karla Newbey examines the one she has with herself

“I’m married but I’ve fallen for another man”

Our award-winning coach, Kim Morgan, assists a woman who feels trapped in her stale marriage and is enjoying attention from a colleague

I think, therefore I am

In a life-changing, year-long experiment, Suzy Walker confronts her ‘stop the world I want to get off’ state of mind, and commits to designing a calmer, less frazzled life. This month, she faces her greatest fear while meditating

The last word on… Comparing your inside to other people’s outside

We’re all fighting our own battles, so treat everyone with kindness – including yourself, says Oliver Burkeman

Sophie Turner “Everyone needs a therapist. I think it’s necessary to have someone to talk to”

Sophie Turner discusses her leading role in the new X-Men film and how her mourning for Game Of Thrones is not over yet

Dossier Rebalance your life

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Restore the equilibrium

Is your life bulging at the seams with doing and not enough being? Are you constantly acting and planning, bereft of stopping, resting and relaxing? Do you give, give, give and find it hard to receive? Anita Chaudhuri discovers if it’s possible to find a happier balance

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“I don’t have to convince people I’m doing well”

Layla Sidwell changed her life when she stopped being so hard on herself and realised she was good enough already

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The plan

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

Remembering our human nature

Our Wellbeing Director-at-Large, Eminé Kali Rushton, and her husband, Contributing Editor Paul Rushton, share an extract from their new conscious living book, Sattva: The Ayurvedic Way To Live Well – and reflect on the journey that has brought them, and their family, back to a gentler way of living

Paws for thought

Green queen Ellen Tout takes a look at the impact her

Learn your body’s love language

Many women are plagued by a negative, even hate-filled, attitude towards their bodies – but a positive body image is the fastest, enlightened route to a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable. Ali Roff knows that loving your body is easier said than done… however, she has a powerful secret to share

Mushy for peas

The nutritional benefits and melty, mellow taste of this great British staple get Nutrition Editor Eve Kalinik’s pulse racing

Into the arms of Mamma Italia

Two frazzled writers head to historic, healing Italy for comfort, rest and pleasure – and to relight their passion for la dolce vita

Emotional healing retreats

Retreat Editor, founder of Queen of Retreats Caroline Sylger Jones, outlines what we should consider when seeking recovery from trauma, sadness, loss or exhaustion

High in the lowlands

Suzy Walker explores the many joys of Dumfries and

Island kitchen

Take a culinary tour around the isles of the Indian Ocean and be enchanted by dishes that bring spice and sunshine to your plate

Experience the blue-water eff ect

Spending time by the ocean has been shown to help us feel happier, healthier, calmer and more creative

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