BY THE THIRD episode of the hit new Netflix series Baby Reindeer I knew I was in trouble. The credits were rolling, the next episode was cueing up and the countdown was on: seven, six, five, four . . . It was 9.53pm on a ‘school night’. I looked at my wife. Should we...
Osher Günsberg on what healthy masculinity actually looks like
I FELT SO great walking into the local cafe the other day. Like many big feelings it wasn’t just one thing that contributed to it. It was a delightful combination of the warm sunshine as I rode my cargo bike there, the wind in my face with the extra e-bike oomph, the...
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THIS YEAR, I am making it a habit to get out of bed earlier and without the grogginess and sour mood that normally comes with waking up early. 2024 seems to have many of us on a morning health grind, adding pre-dawn run clubs, sunrise workouts and cold plunges to our...
The power and possibility of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health
WHEN I CATCH up with Dr Paul Liknaitzky, he’s sitting in his office at Monash University’s Clinical Psychedelic Lab, Australia’s first such lab, as a participant in the next room takes MDMA to help treat post-traumatic stress disorder. “They'll be beginning the...
A psychologist’s guide to beating dating-app fatigue
FROM WHAT I’M hearing on the ground and reliably matched in research, is that many guys are giving up on dating and finding ‘the one’. Over the past decade we’ve seen a massive shift in the way that dating culture looks, from the NYC meet-cutes of the ’90s to today,...
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The science-backed playlist to optimise your mornings
Say goodbye to groggy mornings and hello to the perfect wake-up playlist. Don't hit snooze, check it out now.
The power and possibility of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health
Psychedelic drugs are shaping as powerful tools in the treatment of mental health conditions. Men’s Health spoke to the Australian doctor leading the charge to change the way we treat depression and anxiety.
A psychologist’s guide to beating dating-app fatigue
Getting hammered on Hinge? In his new column, Men’s Health’s panellist on mental health, Dr Zac Seidler, looks at how dating apps can affect your self-esteem and identifies ways you can turn the tide in your favour.
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The rise of athlete mental health breaks and what we can learn from them
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