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01May

Culture Tip: While We're Young

Jacqueline Palmer

culture, films

Soul

Age is no indicator of emotional or spiritual growth, and sometimes we need to catch up with our bodies, but we don’t always want to. This week's culture tip, from therapist Jacqueline Palmer, is Noah Baumbach's latest film, While We're Young.
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29Apr

Wellcome Book Prize Winner 2015: The Iceberg by Marion Coutts

Alice McGurran

books, culture, family, Wellcomebookprize

Soul

Marion Coutts was tonight awarded the Wellcome Book Prize 2015 for The Iceberg, published by Atlantic Books. Welldoing attended the special announcement ceremony held in the Wellcome Collection's new Reading Room.
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29Apr

How to Break Bad Habits

Gretchen Rubin

psychology, self, wellbeing

Soul

Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before, shares her tips on how to form habits that stick.
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28Apr

Why Forgiveness is Never Easy

Marina Cantacuzino

culture, self, society

Soul

Marina Cantacuzino, founder of the Forgivenss Project, grapples with the big, sensitive questions of this difficult subject. What is forgiveness? How can you respond to the unforgiveable? Can you ever move on from tragedy without forgiveness?
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27Apr

The Importance of a Positive Mindset

Laura Wilson

mindset, nutrition, self, wellbeing

Soul

A positive mindset means that you have a positive expectation that things will turn out well and that you will succeed. It gives you more courage to try and persist with lifestyle changes than if you have a negative mindset. Laura Wilson, nutritionist, athlete and author of the Alkaline 5 Diet shares her tips.
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26Apr

How Being Closer to Death is Good for Us

Alice McGurran

care, death, family, mortality, society

Soul

Mortician Caitlin Doughty spoke to Claudia Hammond at the recent Barbican Open Salon event, in association with Canongate books. Here is what she has to say about constantly evolving death culture in our society.
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23Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2015: Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss

Alice McGurran

books, culture, family

Soul

The Wellcome Book Prize is an annual award, open to works of fiction and non-fiction which to be eligible must have a theme which focuses on health, illness or medicine. The last of our reviews of the shortlisted texts looks at Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss. The winner will be announced next week.
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17Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2015: The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being by Alice Roberts

Alice McGurran

books, culture, Wellcomebookprize

Soul

Next in our series of Wellcome Book Prize Shortlist 2015 reviews, learn where you came from with The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being by Alice Roberts. It's an entertaining, mind-expanding romp through the fields of embryology, genetics and zoology, which will leave most readers far better-educated than they started out
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16Apr

Why Happiness Matters

Anthony Seldon

happiness, self, society

Soul

The happier we become, the more energy we have, the more committed we feel and the more we engage with others. Headmaster of Wellington College Dr Anthony Seldon shares his 8-step pathway to happiness.
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11Apr

Wellcome Book Prize 2015: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

Camilla Nicholls

books, culture, depression, family, suicide

Soul

The desperate, loving tussle between two sisters draws the reader into a debate about a person’s right to die and the case for assisted suicide. All my Puny Sorrows is by Canadian author Miriam Toews, whose own father committed suicide. It is shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015.
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