Body

Welcome…

Forget Christmas – there can be few times

The advice starts RIGHT HERE!

PENNY WESTON ‘Intuitive fitness is the art of

Mind

Inspiration to boost your happiness and confidence, plus simple steps to overcome anxiety and stress

Heart

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

Soul

Discover ways to make your soul sing… with creativity, nature, finding your purpose in life and at work, travel and spirituality

In the mood

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

Pause for thought

LIFE AS I KNOW IT

3 of the best… ESCAPIST READS

1Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr (Welbeck, £12.99).

Viewpoint

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

I’d like to thank…

Twining Enterprise

I grieve for the life I missed out on, the years of feeling so misunderstood

Christine McGuinness opens up about life with three autistic children, being diagnosed with the condition herself, and why she still shares the family home with husband Paddy, despite their marriage split

Get your dreams off the drawing board

Find the courage to stop making excuses, and go chase your goals, urges Emma Cooling

Coaching in action Added value

In their first session together, the award-winning coach Kim Morgan helps her client Ruby * learn to stop seeking approval, and to recognise her own self-worth…

Clean sheet

Pick up your pen and carry out a personal audit, and see your levels of life satisfaction staring back at you from the page, says Jackee Holder

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Understanding the way our hopes, dreams and expectations interact can help us to flourish and get the most out of life,

Measure your hope

You Can Flourish by Cheryl Rickman (Vie, £12.99)

We need to talk about ANGER

Take steps towards greater self-love and give your rage voice,

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

Learn & Grow

Hello!

At the start of the year, it’s natural

HOW TO LOVE YOURSELF

The longest lasting relationship you’ll have is the one with yourself. Is it time you were kinder to you?

Lessons in self-compassion

1 Challenge the unloving beliefs Most of us

10 reasons to remember why you’re lovable

From The Big Book Of Love: Loving Yourself,

How selfcompassion gives back

When you make the effort to be more compassionate with yourself, the rewards are far-reaching

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LOVE YOURSELF MORE?

Psychologies.co.uk test

What will help to grow your selfcompassion?

IF YOU SCORED MAINLY ♥ Self-knowledge For you,

Reaching out

Coming up for air

Love isn’t always a fairytale

If you look to the magic in your life that’s right here, right now, and re-write the narrative, you can create your own happily-ever-after,

Q&A

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

MINDFUL WELLNESS

Our Acting Wellness Director, Elizabeth Bennett, shares new research, strategies and wisdom on aspects of wellbeing, this month looking at how to boost your nutrition and ideas to help you get a good night’s sleep

MOVING ON UP

Bit of a stretch

Exercise YOUR INTUITION

Transform your workouts for the better and get the most from your fitness by following how you feel

Vitamin D

Find your emotional balance and feel supported by vitamin D’s mood-boosting powers

EAT WELL, feel well

Boost your wellbeing, ward off winter ills, and tickle your tastebuds with simple, full-flavoured dishes from Dr Rupy Aujla’s new book, Cooks

The power of RETREAT

Sometimes it takes getting away from it all to truly bring you home, discovers Emma Reed

Retreat into February

ESCAPISM

The balance is perfect – so why doesn’t it feel that way?

WORK IN PROGRESS

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…

How to be happier

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