Michelle Turpin

Self-love isn’t pretending you feel confident.  It isn’t forcing yourself to “think positive”. And it definitely isn’t reserved for people who already like what they see in the mirror. Self-love is the art of deeply loving all aspects of yourself — including the parts you’ve been criticising for years. It's self-compassion in action. It’s building self-worth through truth, not perfection. It starts with getting honest about the story you're telling yourself.

It’s the first week of January. The tree is either still up looking tragic, or it’s come down and now your living room feels like it’s missing a wall. And now… you’re back. Back to work. Back to school runs. Back to emails that apparently bred over Christmas. Back to routines, alarms, packed lunches, deadlines, meetings, and that slightly offended feeling your body has when you try to put on “proper trousers” again. Meanwhile, social media is still banging on about New Year resolutions like...

Mindfulness — The Science of Getting Out of Your Own Head (and Why It Actually Works). Let’s be honest — the word mindfulness has been hijacked by the wellness industry. It’s been sprinkled on candles, yoga mats, and bubble baths like confetti. Lovely stuff — but that’s not actually what mindfulness is. True mindfulness isn’t about sitting cross-legged on a mountaintop for 40 minutes trying not to think about what’s for tea. It’s about training your brain to come off autopilot...