Health and Wellbeing
How Parents Can Support Their Child Through an Eating Disorder
Throughout her late teen years, Megan Ravenhall found herself in the grip of an eating disorder. Though she feels she has still not fully recovered, Megan reflects on how her parents' support led her to ultimately choose life.
How I got to grips with my chronic anxiety
Ilona Bannister suffers from chronic anxiety and agoraphobia, two debilitating conditions. But at times, her greatest struggles have also proven to be strengths
'I looked like a success but I was too numb to enjoy anything'
Helen Barnes on how she gave up traditional notions of success, concentrated on her family and discovered the joy of reinventing herself.
Studies show HRT can reduce women's risk of Alzheimer’s – could it have saved my mum?
Kate Muir discovered that menopause doesn't just affect our bodies, it affects our minds.
How learning to surf at 50-plus changed me
Danielle Cass began surfing age 50 plus and turned from invisible to strong and beautiful
What hair loss in midlife was like for me
Chrissy Iley started to experience hair loss...and went on a journey to figure out what was happening to her locks.
VIDEO: Catherine Mayer on bereavement and re-embracing life
Journalist Catherine Mayer and Anne Mayer Bird, her mother and co-author, discuss the loss of their husbands and bereavement with Eleanor Mills
Catherine Mayer on the physicality of grief
Catherine Mayer’s beloved husband Andy died at the beginning of the pandemic, only weeks after her stepfather. Since then she and her mother have been sharing their bereavement journey together, culminating in writing Good Grief, a book which is searing about loss but optimistic on how to re-embrace life. Here is an edited extract of a brand-new chapter about how grief affects body as well as soul.
The Queenager Guide to Menopause: An introduction to what you need to know
Menopause is not well understood or managed for many women. Do you know the basic facts about when it occurs, symptoms and whether you'll get fat.
The Feelgood Menopause 2: Truths about HRT & menopause pharmaceuticals
Wondering about HRT, how to ask for it and the risks? Get answers with Noon.
