June 2024

Psychologies

The UKs best-selling mindful living magazine.

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Welcome…
Are there any words you just can’t spell? It’s rather embarrassing to admit, as the editor of a national magazine, but there are still some words I always have to double check, even now. Words like desperate, and separate (is it an ‘a’ or an ‘e’ in t
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Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL (01959 541444, email [email protected]) OUR TEAM Editor-in-Chief Sally SaundersActing Editor (Maternity) Holly TreacyChief Sub-Editor and Production Edit
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In The Mood
Happiness can be learned – but it requires regular practise – a scientific study has found. Students who were shown a set of tricks and tips for happiness on a ten-week course at the University of Bristol were found to have immediate improvements in
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The Advice Starts RIGHT HERE!
‘Play is more than just fun,’ says psychologist Dr Stuart Brown: science has shown that it is vital at any age; relieving stress, stimulating the mind, boosting creativity, improving connection to others, and enriching our adult lives. It can even he
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Viewpoint
I’ve been subscribing to your magazine for a few years now. Today, I read the May 2024 edition ‘Coaching in action’ article, and the discussion around ‘inheriting behaviour’ really resonated. My dad passed away in December. Never had I realised how I
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"Sometimes You Have To Take The Small Wins
In the tumultuous wake of the 2020 pandemic, a wave of introspection swept across the globe, prompting countless individuals to reevaluate their paths in life. This transformative period birthed what has been coined ‘the great resignation’, a phenome
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Building The Dream
"I’m writing this from a blow-up bed in my partly-renovated flat. It’s a long story but, in short, there was a flood, my flat was destroyed, and nearly five months after the whole palaver started I am nearly– so nearly! – at the end of putting it bac
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All Work and No Play?
Roberta King is a therapeutic counsellor. She works with a range of clients but has a special interest in addiction, self-esteem and creative therapy. robertaking counselling.co.uk Dr Stuart Brown is a psychologist and founder of the National Instit
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"Home Truths
It was my final session with Liz. She had been trying to decide whether to take voluntary redundancy or remain in the safety of her long-standing secretarial job. Liz had warned me from the outset that she was ‘not a fan of change’. As I waited for L
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Goodbye To The GOOD GIRL
Good girl conditioning is something that comes up a lot in various cultures. Societal pressure for women to act in a certain way isn’t yet a thing of the past, even though some would like to believe that it is. In many traditional households, women s
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Why Your Smartphone Means You’re Out Of Clean Pants!
Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald is a chartered clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, keynote speaker, and the author of several books, including Reworked: Putting Health And Happiness At The Centre Of Your Career (John Murray Press, £16.99). @stephfitzwr
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Everyday Extraordinary
"This month, I’d like us to explore the practice of introducing a writing ritual; a series of actions you take before starting a journalling session. Almost 20 years ago, I had an early morning ritual that began with a dawn run and finished up under
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How To Check Your Blind Spots
Abby Rawlinson is an integrative therapist who specialises in anxiety, imposter syndrome, and low self-esteem. She is the author of Reclaiming You: Your Therapy Toolkit For Life’s Twists And Turns (Ebury, £16.99). therapywithabby.co.uk Natasha Clewl
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4 Ways To Combat Self-doubt
● Reparenting ‘This can help us uncover our potential and change our core beliefs,’ says Rawlinson. ‘Reparenting simply means recognising the unmet needs of your childhood and giving those things to yourself now. It’s about becoming a kind parent to
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Spotting The Unseen
How often do we find ourselves walking through life’s well-worn routines, lost in the rhythm of our daily grind, oblivious to the world unfolding around us? It took the inquisitive curiosity of my toddler to jolt me into the power of noticing: an aer
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The Mirror Of Feedback
When I was about to step into a senior position at work some years ago, my new boss asked my old manager what they needed to know about me: ‘She loves regular feedback’ was the answer given. And it was true – I do! The good, the bad, the ugly; I appr
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What Blocks Your Self-awareness?
Tick the answers that most closely apply to you, then add up the symbols. Read the section, or sections, you ticked most, to find out your personal self-awareness block 1 Your self-awareness is clearest when you feel ◆ Confident ..................
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Coming Up For Air Go Lightly
"One of the things we know for certain about life is that nothing is certain. Perhaps it’s why I’m drawn to the inevitability of the tides and the cycle of the moon. In a world defined by the unknown, there is something deeply soothing about the reli
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Empty Nest
Dr Alison McClymont is the UK’s leading child psychologist. She has been at the forefront of children’s mental health for over a decade. dralisonmcclymont.com Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, and the founder of research think-
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Q&A
Q Is there a moral obligation to your parents? My mum has recently been diagnosed with dementia, but we have never been close. She’s not a bad person, and she didn’t abuse me, but we can go for months without speaking to each other. I feel torn by th
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Anna Williamson Summer lovin’…
There is nothing that’s guaranteed to up our feelgood factor – and our libido – like a little bit of sunshine! So as we feel the fledging rays of summer this month – with beach holidays and cocktails hovering just over the horizon – I’m taking the fo
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Mindful Wellness
‘Joy is different from happiness. Joy doesn’t dismiss the heaviness of life; it helps hold it,’ explains Tanmeet Sethi, author of Joy Is My Justice (Hachette, £22). ‘As summer’s longer days invite you to be more active, you can boost joy in simple bu
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Spread the Joy
It almost seems like a modern-day given that we’re constantly exhausted – reaching for coffee or sugar to perk us up and keep us going. But wellness influencer and cookery writer Radhi Devlukia-Shetty reckons it can all be solved with food. ‘If we’re
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Rest To Reset
When I first started practising yoga, I’d always leave the class before that bit at the end where you do nothing but lie there. It’s called Savasana, or ‘corpse pose’, but it just felt like dead time to me – time I could spend on getting things done.
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Take Time To Treat Yourself
While clearing out my office recently, I stumbled on an old copy of this magazine. About seven years ago, I wrote my first feature for Psychologies, on the value of taking a duvet day from life. Life was something of a whirlwind – my children were th
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Sing From Your Sofa
Many of us pursue our hobbies online these days, such as taking a remote yoga class or joining an online book club. But how does this work for singing? Whilst the technology doesn’t yet exist to synchronise singers’ voices in real time, as you would
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The Keyes To Life
She may call herself an ‘ordinary alcoholic’, but there is nothing ordinary about bestselling novelist Marian Keyes, whose contemporary tales of relationships, family, and the ups and downs of life have earned her millions of fans. In January, she ce
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Are you a fan of the dossier? Do you love our Heart section, or does the Soul section get you sparking? We strive to make this magazine an uplifting, empowering and inspiring read; a helpful friend and a little ray of sunshine, all rolled into one. B
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Living The High Life
Runner’s High: How To Squeeze The Joy From Every Step by Jenni Falconer (Orion Spring, £16.99) is out now Jenni Falconer doesn’t believe we should ever put ourselves in a box: ‘If you have an opportunity, then go for it,’ says the Scottish presenter
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The Words
(Quercus, £20) When Genevieve Kingston’s mum realised she was not going to overcome the cancer she’d given her all to beat, she found a poignant way to live on. She left her daughter a chest filled with gifts and notes for each birthday to come, alo

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