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What to do if your picking or pulling get out of hand

2025-09-16 18:00:00

A person in a green shirt and jeans sitting, focused on their hands which are clasped together, the right hand picking at the left hand’s thumbnail.

Understanding the psychology behind excessive skin-picking and hair-pulling can help you resist the urges and begin to heal

- by Suzanne Mouton-Odum

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Where are you on the ‘happiness curve’?

2025-09-16 18:00:00

An elderly man seated on a city street as skateboarders perform tricks around him.

When I came across the U-shaped happiness curve, I knew I had to act if I wanted to buck the midlife average

- by Richard Fisher

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Converted by Sister Ruth

2025-09-15 18:00:00

An elderly woman in a blue jacket holding a book, smiling warmly at the camera indoors.

At a Texas convent, what could a sublimely uncouth sister in her mid-80s teach me about helping people?

- by Ronald W Dworkin

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Minus plus multiply

2025-09-12 18:01:00

Two clay faces with minimal features lying on a dark surface in a close-up photograph.

Defying the predetermined shapes of her world, a woman must carve out her own space in this stunning, surreal animation

- Directed by Chu-Chieh Lee

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How to start growing your own food

2025-09-12 18:00:00

Tomato plants with red and green tomatoes in a garden setting against a blurred background of a building and grass.

A vegetable garden is more than a source of sustenance – it’s a psychological sanctuary. Here’s how to create your own

- by Gary Pilarchik

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The daughter I never had

2025-09-11 18:00:00

Two children’s dresses lying flat, one blue the other white with floral patterns and colourful smocking.

I loved my three sons but still yearned for a girl. Why did this fill me with such shame?

- by Emma Wilkins

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