Today
How Alec’s life turned from hopeless to full of hope
Pervasive feelings of isolation and sadness are drowning the hopes of young adults, but one program has been shown to turn that around.
- Julie Hare
Yesterday
What happens to your brain on holiday (and how to replicate it at home)
Psychologists say you can get most of the benefits of a big trip without leaving home. Here’s how
- Lucy Dean
July
This two-day, $42k medical appointment is for people who aren’t sick
Companies are tapping into a desire for a long and healthy life with packages that include sophisticated diagnostic options.
- Mark Ellwood
‘Paris is the perfect place for older women’
Sarah Wilson is living her dream life in a city she says treasures lively arguments and genuine curiosity over wealth and property. This is how she spends her weekends.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Stressed teens would rather finish school with no ATAR than sit exams
Students at co-educational schools reported the highest scores on emotional and mental wellbeing, and girls-only school students the lowest.
- Julie Hare
Why you probably need to rethink your bucket list
Rather than grand plans, small actions every day are the key to achieving happiness and a sense of worth.
- Lucy Dean
Study reveals the power of a kiss on the cheek
Why your cheeks are a highly sensitive interface with the world.
- Jill Margo
Extending life expectancy big business for Manly app founders
The three surf club members started comparing workouts in 2020. Now their platform, which aggregates wearable technology data, is worth about $9 million.
- Zoe Samios
May
Doctors say this popular hangover cure is bunkum
Some people swear that vigorous exercise is the best way to beat a hangover, but is there any science to prove it?
- Lucy Dean
What an even closer peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’ reveals
Scientists have become enthralled by a subset of the population aged 80 and older who with the memory of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
- Dana G. Smith
March
Heading to a European spa this summer? Here’s how to bare all
For many, the tradition of stripping off to sit naked with strangers in a sauna is awkward. But don’t sweat it.
- Valeriya Safronova
March
The nine lessons for happiness everyone should know
Just like maintaining physical fitness, you have to keep working on your mental health if you want to keep feeling the benefits, research shows.
- Gwyneth Rees
Why forgetting things is OK – and shows your brain is working properly
It isn’t a failure of memory – it’s a consequence of processes that allow us to prioritise information.
- Jenny Tucker
- Opinion
- Working from home
Why WFH is likely to be bad for your health
Instead of offering a holy grail of flexibility and work-life balance, what if WFH might lead us to an early grave by actually increasing stress and decreasing our fitness?
- Nick Coatsworth
February
Why you should never retire
Pleasure cruises, golf and tracing the family tree are not that fulfilling.
- The Economist
Feeling stuck? Five ways to jump-start your life
Mental health experts suggest exercises to knock down the internal roadblocks that are causing burnout and holding you back.
- Christina Caron
January
- Opinion
- Fitness
How to cut through the mental blocks to exercise
Reframe the reasons you aren’t exercising as genuine obstacles and devise a plan to overcome them.
- Danielle Friedman
- Opinion
- Money psychology
Three ways to use money to buy happiness
The good news is you don’t have to do anything drastic – or expensive – to give your happiness a boost.
- Kate Campbell
He started exercising at 73, but at 93, he’s as fit as a 40-year-old
Four-time indoor rowing world champion Richard Morgan began a regular fitness routine only very late in life. His body offers lessons on ageing.
- Gretchen Reynolds
Three wellness hacks of the wealthy, and how to copy them on the cheap
Executives are installing home saunas and ice baths, to chase peak performance. But when it comes to proven benefits, experts say you can achieve them for less.
- Lucy Dean
