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My first labour was harrowing. Hypnobirthing made my second like a dream

First-time mothers can be terrified because they’re rushed through labour, but I overcame my fears with the help of this meditative practice

Neurotribes review – the evolution of our understanding of autism

A life-affirming study shows how much attitudes have changed to the condition once known as ‘childhood psychosis’

The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care by John Foot – review

Dangerous idealist or revolutionary hero? A nuanced look at a reforming psychiatrist

Naked at Lunch review – the funny thing about nudism

Mark Haskell Smith’s undercover view of nudism is both thoughtful and hilarious

Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History review – ennui and its origins

Francis O’Gorman’s study of why we worry covers everything from medieval monastic life to modern cultural theory without really providing any answers

Belle Gibson: wellness blogger’s mum says cancer story was just a ‘white lie’

Natalie Dal-Bello says people are allowed to ‘tell little porky pies’ as she attempts a reconciliation with her daughter and grandson

A Place of Refuge by Tobias Jones review – an experiment in communal living

A refreshingly honest account of one couple’s remarkable project: to open their family home to some of society’s most vulnerable people

Modern Romance review – a refreshing male take on sex

Aziz Ansari entertains and illuminates as he observes how technology complicates relationships

Tobias Jones Q&A: ‘When you’ve got lice or nits in your hair, are you allowed to kill them?’

Tobias Jones talks about the communal refuge he runs, the criteria for allowing newcomers in and the effect of his faith

Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History by Francis O’Gorman – review

‘Now it’s over, I can enjoy my holiday.’ It’s sometimes self-indulgent and often irrational. So why do many of us spend our lives fretting?

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari review – for everyone whose date never texted back

Sexting, snooping, cheating … the comedian takes a light-hearted tour through the minefield of dating in the age of the smartphone

‘Curing Queers’: Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935-74 by Tommy Dickinson – review

A powerful study of how aversion therapy was used to ‘treat’ homosexuality exposes a nasty episode in recent British history

Hot Feminist by Polly Vernon review – reducing a revolution to sloppy self-help

Chillax, feminism’s not just about equality … it’s about having fun and eating avocado and sleeping around and having your nostrils waxed

The Ancient Art of Growing Old by Tom Payne review – how to improve with age

This reflection on ageing is also an intelligent and witty self-help book

Adventures in Human Being review – a fascinating journey around the body

Doctor and writer Gavin Francis’s essays on the human body, illness and injury are informative, eloquent and often very moving

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