She grew up believing in divine creation, but a radical rethink led Ella Al-Shamahi to evolutionary biology. Now, the presenter of the BBC science series Human shares her story

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IN AN AGE OF COMPARISON CULTURE AND GLOSSY SOCIAL-MEDIA LIVES, IT’S HARD NOT TO QUESTION YOUR OWN PROGRESS. BUT THERE’S NO RIGHT PATH TO LIFE AS THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD AND SHARING WISDOM AS THEY GO, DEMONSTRATE…

JULIA CAMERON, THE GURU BEHIND THE ARTIST’S WAY , HAS DISTILLED HER LIFE-CHANGING JOURNALLING METHOD INTO SOMETHING SIMPLER. LONG-TIME SUPERFAN MARIANNE POWER EXPLORES WHAT THE PRACTICE UNLOCKS

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