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Well, actually

Living a good life in a complex world

Well Actually

  • Jung proposed a collective unconscious made of primordial images and stories that influence everyone.

    The hidden self
    Can shadow work help you face your dark side?

  • Illustration of leggings made of plastic trash

    Thread carefully
    Your gym clothes could be leaching toxic chemicals

    Workout wear made from synthetic fabric is treated with chemicals, which research shows can be absorbed through skin
  • Composite of wild fires over an unburned forest

    How to help
    Our world is in chaos. Here are six ways to take care of yourself (and others)

    Disastrous events affect us all – some directly, others through exposure – and can make preserving mental health difficult
  • illustration of a woman looking into a glowing mirror

    ‘We’re sedating women with self-care’
    How we became obsessed with wellness

  • For what it’s worth, anti-ageing beauty behaviors don’t seem to truly help ageing women.

    Should you be getting Botox?
    Welcome to Ask Ugly, our new beauty column!

  • Estelle Tang, the Guardian’s lifestyle and wellness editor.

    Well actually
    ‘Wellness’ makes you feel bad. Our new section focuses on living a good life

    Estelle Tang

The toolkit

  • footprint illustration with 9,999 figures

    Do you really need to walk 10,000 steps a day?
    And 17 other fitness ‘rules’, tackled by the experts

  • Colourful illustration of a group of people eating and drinking at a party

    I’ve chosen to be child-free
    Here is how I plan to build a life full of joy and meaning

  • Illustration of a man with eyes closed

    The psychological immune system
    Four ways to bolster yours – and have a happier, calmer life

  • A woman relaxes at home.

    Health
    Adopt eight lifestyle changes to add 20 years to your life, researchers say

Health & wellbeing

  • Tony King suits up to tackle a suspected case of bedbugs in west London

    ‘You go to a job and it’s absolutely alive with rats or bedbugs’: on the road with a pest controller

  • Composite illustration of a woman looking tearful

    Will my genital herpes mean I never have sex again?

    • Full moon

      Everything from our sleep to our hormones relies on the dark. So why are we so intent on destroying it?

    • Winter sunrise dog walk in the mist on the heathland of Woodbury Common, near Exmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe<br>Dog walk at dawn

      ‘I watch the sun rise from a hammock in the garden’ – 15 ways to start your day well now the clocks have gone back

    • polar bear sleeping in snow

      Should I worry about getting less exercise in winter?

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Relationships

  • Composite of Lucy Maunder, an Australian cabaret and musical theatre performer, with her partner Jaryd. The couple met as cast members of Grease the Musical in 2013.

    The moment I knew: We shared our first kiss on a seedy couch – then didn’t spend a night apart for 18 months

  • this is how we do it illustration

    This is how we do it: ‘The TikTok algorithm figured out I was gay before I did’

  • Margaret Wilkerson Sexton with her husband and children sitting at a table with a yellow cover against a yellow backdrop

    What my interracial marriage has taught me: ‘We would both know one of us was viewed as more worthwhile’

  • Saturday magazine Blind Date NOV 4 2023 Tim &amp; Katherine

    Blind date: ‘He graciously looked away when the feta cubes in my cocktail nearly fell on my face’

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Food

  • A round leek and potato pie with a crusty edge – the middle with no pastry – and a slice cut

    Nigel Slater recipes
    Nigel's leek and parmesan pie, and peanut butter cookies

  • The interior of Gloriosa restaurant with both tables and bar seating

    Jay Rayner on restaurants
    Gloriosa, Glasgow: ‘This is where the good things are’

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's salmon crudo with coriander and coconut dressing.

    Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
    Stir-fry, fish crudo and cake: Yotam’s ways with coconut

  • Jacob Kenedy's shaved radish salad with pecorino and pomegranate, pheasant (or chicken) scaloppine with mushrooms, moscato and mashed spuds, and polenta with balsamic and sage.

    An Italian autumn spread
    Jacob Kenedy’s seasonal feast

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Puzzles

  • Martinez, California: did it give its name to a cocktail?

    Crossword blog
    Crossword roundup: cocktails and piranhas

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,218

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,692

    • Sudoku
      Observer sudoku

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,219

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links the peregrine falcon and the sailfish?

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s Worzle

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