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Walk for your wellbeing
May is National Walking Month and this simple activity is one of the best ways to keep your mind and body in shape.
But putting one foot in front of the other can be hard when you are struggling with life.
If you are worried about taking that first step, charity Ramblers is offering free Wellbeing Walks, a short stroll led by an experienced guide and designed to make you feel safe, supported, and part of a community.
The routes are suitable for every fitness level and accessible to those with mobility issues, too.
Find your nearest one and sign up at ramblers.org.uk
Word to the wise
Women’s health advocates are calling on social media sites to stop banning educational content that uses correct anatomical terms.
Clio Wood of &Breathe and Anna O’Sullivan of Future Fem Health founded CensHERship after their posts on topics such as postnatal bodies, menopause and periods were deemed inappropriate and removed.
After polling other organisations and content creators, they found nine in ten had experienced censorship in the past 12 months, with posts labelled ‘pornographic’ by algorithms for using words such as breast and vulva.
CensHERship is now lobbying companies such as Facebook for a common-sense policy.
‘Social media censorship of women’s health and sexual wellbeing brands is infuriating, unfair and hypocritical. This needs to change,’ says Wood.
Gather your thoughts
ADHD can make modern life difficult, leaving people with the condition restless and lacking in concentration.
But a new study suggests this neurodiversity may have evolved to allow our hunter-gather ancestors to flourish.
A group of 457 adults took part in an online foraging game before being assessed for ADHD characteristics by University of Pennsylvania experts.
Those who fitted the profile performed better in seeking out resources, moving onto new patches of land sooner and giving them a survival advantage in nomadic lifestyles.
But the world today causes problems because we are not faced with simple ‘accept or reject’ decisions, meaning it ‘hijacks’ distractibility, says study lead Dr David Barack.
15% of modern brides have more than one outfit for their big day, according to the Hitched National Wedding Survey 2024.
