From the outside, the lives of the super-rich may seem enviable. But for those who grew up in the opulent world of trust funds, elite boarding schools and vacations on private Caribbean islands, their privilege often comes with a hidden price. For 55-year-old artist Edward Benson*, that price was around £20 million, which he lost … Read more
Philip Morgan, 66, reframed his thinking after going through a series of health problems, including silent strokes (caused by a frontal lobe injury), a cancer diagnosis and early-onset vascular dementia. “Life seemed just hopeless,” he says. “However, now I can talk about good ways to overcome hopelessness.” Once skeptical of alternative mind-body practices, “it was … Read more
A man who grabbed the flag from Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has been sent to a mental health facility for treatment. Muhammad Khan 28, was knocked to the ground by police after he grabbed the royal banner with both hands around 9:30 p.m. on September 16. Officers immediately pinned him to the ground while the … Read more
In September 2020, 43-year-old Esther Shaw underwent surgery to remove a tumor from her left breast. The operation, a therapeutic mammoplasty, marked the end of a six-month treatment for triple-negative breast cancer and since then the London mother-of-two has revised her lifestyle and embarked on a regimen of intensive exercise. “I kept running throughout the … Read more
Herald Russell, 72, retired researcher, lives in London I was unaware of a seismic change in my health. It was getting harder and harder for me to make things simpler. I’d walk half a mile and feel exhausted and out of breath or I’d walk up the stairs and be short of breath. It was … Read more
Forget taking the easy way out: Obstacle walks are more popular, according to a Cambridge study. The researchers examined the likelihood that people would choose a more challenging walking route over a conventional one, and what design features influenced their choices. Nearly 80 percent of the walkers said they would take a more challenging route … Read more
Through highly achievable micro-goals that relate to action rather than results, Cooke takes clients who don’t see themselves as ‘exercise freaks’ and over time builds an identity where they become a person. who exercise. The crucial first step, that initial placement of the remote on the coffee table and heading for the door, often means … Read more
Louis Weinstock, a psychotherapist, recalls how a teenage girl with acute mental health problems, including self-harm and suicidal thoughts, confided to him that she had begun to question whether or not her suffering was real. She had seen so many of her friends post about their “anxiety” and “depression” that “she felt like she wasn’t … Read more