How to master great conversation, even if you’re shy

It’s surprising to me that we don’t talk about talking more, how to do it well or how to use it to help ourselves and others, especially as The World Health Organisation have recently declared loneliness as a “global public health concern” and an even greater concern than obesity. The US surgeon general has even […]

How to navigate the end of your pet’s life

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Lisa Walling’s first house call of the day was with a particularly fluffy hospice patient — a 13-year-old Newfoundland named Rugby. Rugby happily licked a plate of peanut butter as Walling inserted needles along her back; acupuncture and a ketamine injection to help with pain and mobility problems. As an […]

Are you overeating? Here’s how to tell – and break the habit

Why do we overeat? Emotional eating is the most common reason for overeating, often because of stress, sadness or low energy. It can also be a symptom of depression. In these cases, food is used as a coping mechanism to deal with problems or difficult emotions. It becomes a survival strategy and people may think […]

Is your employer spying on you? Here’s how to know for sure

Do you ever get the feeling someone’s watching you? In the age of remote working, employers have imagined new ways to keep tabs on employees — even without them realizing it. “There’s little transparency,” Hayley Tsukayama, the associate director of legislative activism at Electronic Frontier Foundation, told the Washington Post. “Even figuring out what is […]

Five things that lower your sperm count and how to boost it

Women are so often the focus in conversations about infertility – which is defined as “a failure to establish a pregnancy after 12 months of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse”.  In reality, when you look at the causes of infertility, a third of the issues are with the woman, a third are due to the men […]

How To Give Away A $500,000 Comic Book Collection

Seven decades after he became addicted to Superman, Gary Prebula’s collection of graphic novels and comics has a permanent home at the University of Pennsylvania library. The collection is now going through more processing, by both librarians and by an appraiser hired by the Prebulas. (While the collection is worth north of $500,000, it’s up […]

how to set boundaries at work—what to say

Long hours, heavy workloads, tight deadlines, job insecurity, a lack of control over your schedule and generally feeling unsupported can leave you feeling unhappy and discontented with your work environment. If gone unchecked for too long, this kind of chronic workplace stress can lead to job burnout. As a Harvard-trained psychologist, one of the best ways […]

Country Women’s Association: How to make delicious homemade sausage rolls with the CWA

The Country Women’s Association are renowned for having some of the best recipes, perfected over the years. This is how they make their sausage rolls. Country Women’s Association Sausage Rolls Sign up to The Nightly’s newsletters. Get the first look at the digital newspaper, curated daily stories and breaking headlines delivered to your inbox. By […]

The 9 most common food allergies and how to deal with them

Being allergic to certain food can be debilitating at the best of times and deadly at the worst.  According to a new report from the Food Standards Agency, around 30 per cent of adults report having adverse reactions when eating some foods. However, only around six per cent (around 2.4 million people in the UK) […]