How living in isolation affects the brain, and what we can do about it.

Two hours a week in nature is the threshold we need to reach before feeling health and wellbeing benefits, a new study finds.

The way Layne Beachley describes being in the ocean makes it sound like an almost religious experience.

Stress is a part of life, and so is back pain. Ironically, stress is a leading cause of episodic back pain. Your body experiences a cascade of physiological responses during chronic stress setting the stage for injury. The human body is genetically programmed to respond to stressful situations by stimulation in a survival part of your brain known as the limbic system. Otherwise known as the reptilian or primal brain, it is responsible for the emotional "flight or fight" (run