Is mindfulness making our stress worse?

Mindfulness is seen as a panacea for our modern mental wellbeing issues. But Professor Ronald Purser argues it’s misused Image: iStock There’s a real pressure in our society to be productive, and issues that get in the way of that – notably stress and anxiety – can be viewed as a dysfunction that we need […]

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Real life: “Track cycling frees me from my anxiety”

When stressful thoughts began to dominate Amy Sedghi’s life, she found therapy in whizzing round a velodrome Image: Sam Holden Agency I was 22 when I first began to understand what was happening to me. Hunched over a sandwich, reading an article by Guardian journalist Mark Rice-Oxley, I felt like he’d crawled inside my mind […]

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9 ways to improve stress, anxiety and sleep

Our lives today seem to hurtle forward sometimes like a runaway train – with your coat stuck in the door and your bag accidentally left on the track. Things go wrong. Curve balls are hurled at us unexpectedly. Other human beings make life difficult for us. Fight or flight mode can become an ongoing state […]

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Understanding imposter syndrome

Feel like a fraud at work? You could be suffering from this confidence-sapping condition We all feel out of our depth at work from time to time: anxious about a presentation or meeting, for example, or momentarily outshone by an ambitious colleague. And that’s normal. The odd bout of nerves can help us to up […]

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5 natural ways to beat the January blues

After an indulgent festive season filled with parties, presents and sweet treats, returning to the ‘back to work’ routine can often leave us feeling blue. In the midst of the dark days of winter and with Blue Monday (21st January) upon us, Dobbies Garden Centres has partnered with leading nutritionist Lily Soutter to provide her top […]

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