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Issue #71: Do hobbies have an expiry date?
Plus, confessions of an underage aunt.
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Francesca Specter
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Issue #70: Good for you, sad for me
Celebrating other people’s wins can be complicated. Let's talk about why that is.
Mar 21
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Issue #69: The 9 qualities I look for in a friend
Friendships are the relationships that have defined my adult life to date. Here's what I value most in mine.
Mar 14
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Francesca Specter
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Issue #68: How to romanticise your life
'I will never have this version of me again, let me slow down and be with her,' writes Rupi Kaur. A practical guide to falling in love with your…
Mar 7
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February 2024
Issue #67: Reframing the choice to be childfree
'I'm one of life's aunties.' Introducing Intergenerational Conversations, a brand-new interview series on The Shoulds, featuring special guest Sam…
Feb 29
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Issue #66: How much alone time is too much?
A new study has calculated the ideal social-solitude balance. Plus, would you trust a wearable 'social tracker' to prevent loneliness?
Feb 22
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Francesca Specter
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Issue #65: The ones that got away
It isn’t just a partner you lose when a relationship ends.
Feb 15
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Francesca Specter
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Issue #64: Ghosting, WhatsApp statuses, 24/7 news & other things we normalise (that aren't actually 'normal')
How the modern world makes us insane – and what to do about it.
Feb 8
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Francesca Specter
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Issue #63: What could Happily Ever After look like, single?
'At 46, I’m living the life I’m meant to be living,' says author Marianne Power. On Perma-Singles, non-romantic plots and why the Happy Middle beats the…
Feb 1
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January 2024
Issue #62: Does the sleep 'trend' do more harm than good?
An insomnia therapist says a basic need has been turned into a Should – and it’s keeping us up at night.
Jan 25
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Issue #62: Does the sleep 'trend' do more harm than good?
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Issue #61: 12 practical routes back to emotional base camp
A January Blues special in two parts. From doing the laundry to savouring an orange, how to keep your mental health in check and find balance right now…
Jan 18
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Issue #60: The simple life lesson I learnt on my yoga retreat (that has nothing to do with yoga)
The power of accepting things as they are, not as you wish they were – inspired by Deepak Chopra and/or a dude in the group. Plus, a walnut bolognese…
Jan 11
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