Nadia Renata

From calling difficult people narcissists to describing painful experiences as trauma, psychological terminology has become part of everyday conversation. But are we becoming better at understanding mental health, or are we turning ordinary human experiences into clinical conditions? This article explores why precision matters and why suffering does not need a diagnosis to deserve compassion.

We talk constantly about protecting and prioritising our mental health. But what does mental health actually mean? Understanding it requires looking beyond happiness, self-care and the avoidance of difficult emotions to explore how we think, feel, cope and connect with the world around us.

Your heart works every second of every day, but how often do you think about protecting it before something goes wrong? For World Heart Day, we explore the everyday choices that support heart health, from movement and food to stress, family history, medication and knowing your numbers, as well as the important connection between menopause and women's cardiovascular health.