by Wilma Delgadillo | 19-Mar-03 | Mind
If you don’t have enough of something – money, say, or time – fixating on it could make the problem worseWhen you next find yourself waiting in a horrendously long queue, you could kill time by contemplating this surprising finding from “queueing theory”, a sub-branch...
by Laura Roper | 19-Feb-28 | Mind
Clear up the ‘floordrobe’, throw away your conference freebies – and dump any clothes you wouldn’t want your ex to see you inImagine the point in the future when you have just died, and your relatives arrive to clean out your house. What will they want and what will...
by Luz Daniels | 19-Feb-15 | Mind
For most of us the main effect of boosting energy or focus is to become a better cog in the corporate machineDave Asprey, who describes himself as the “world’s first professional biohacker”, is best known as the inventor of Bulletproof coffee, which involves putting...
by Patricia Picklesimer | 19-Feb-15 | Mind
Having a baby is the world’s single most courageous feat. So why would a textbook publisher illustrate it with a picture of a woman with trimmed pubic hair?“Make yourself at home,” the midwife said, as I hove into the birthing room like a galleon in full sail....
by Glen Anderson | 19-Feb-06 | Mind
The disorder can be physically and mentally damaging, but it is widely misunderstood – and underreported by embarrassed patientsFor Connor, an overwhelming desire to get to the nearest mirror is one of the first signs. “Usually, I would have already begun picking or...
by Helen Lozada | 19-Jan-28 | Mind
Climbing is frightening. That’s part of the point. Breaking through a fear barrier, physical or mental, gives you a euphoria afterwardsClimbing is frightening. That’s part of the point. Breaking through a fear barrier, physical or mental, brings a euphoria that would...
