9 ways to repair shattered confidence

Explorer, writer and photographer Levison Wood talks to Psychology Now group editor Sarah Bankes about the benefits of adversity, and the importance of stepping out of your comfort zone

Meet the women who’ve joined forces to boost their fitness…

We suspect you know where you were, half a decade ago this spring, when then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the country to ‘stay home, protect the NHS, save lives’. But as research paints an increasingly detailed picture of the ways in which those years shaped everything from our health habits to our identities, academics are asking a different question: who were you back then? And who are you now?

The majority of back pain resists any sort of treatment or diagnosis because it’s an emotional pain, says Dr John Sarno. Cate Montana investigates

Our relationships with our families – and with our siblings – can be complex things. Whether there has been a specific issue that caused conflict, or you’ve simply grown apart over time, how can we reconnect with our kin or repair our bonds?

I was in my early 40s when I realised I wanted to do hard, scary things again. After a decade of swapping extreme adventures for having kids and forging a career that worked around them, I’d finally r