This year, whether you choose gentle reflection or ambitious resolutions, listen to your body, honor major life changes, and embrace self-compassion and small joys.

In reflection 75 he writes about the importance of happy places other than home and work, the third place – cafes, pubs, markets, etc. – where people meet to socialise and where everyone is welcome, ...

In her 1961 poem “Warning,” Jenny Joseph writes, “When I am an old woman I shall wear purple / … And make up for the sobriety of my youth.” She describes an anticipated freedom: to ignore social ...