Why coffee’s not giving you energy according to new Danish research and how a Dutch philosopher links Life of a Showgirl's Wood with Spinal Tap| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Sequins, surveys and imaginary friends - when teenage make-believe, Catholic guilt and neoliberal survival strategies collide| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
For years, psychologists and happiness researchers agreed on a neat story: that wellbeing followed a U-curve. But now things have changed...| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Lost socks and secondary school - my attempts to graft Danish serenity onto British timetables, online admin and the faint hope of sunshine amidst the showers| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
The Courage to Live: why Denmark is Considering Psychedelics for Healing and Lifting People 'from Darkness to Light'| mshelenrussell.substack.com
An ultra-marathon disguised as a series of family outings. Exciting, exasperating and exhausting in equal measure, involving existential highs and lows, daily. Here’s what went down…| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Moving 'home' after more than a decade in Denmark, I expected to be blindsided by the big stuff: like the price of home ownership. Or potholes. Or hills. But there's one thing that’s really floored me...| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Crawling toward the end of the English school year with the emotional energy of a melting Calippo, a WhatsApp from a friend in Denmark stops me in my tracks...| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Why telling children to 'keep out of trouble' and counselling adults to 'steer clear of complications' might just be the worst advice ever. On embracing friction and saying 'yes' to challenges| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
This week, I had the honour of giving the Sankt Hans bonfire speech for Danes in the UK. In need of a 10 minute caffeinated sunbeam of a pep talk? Here goes...| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
A tale of two health systems - featuring Take a Break vs Sundhed magazine, matching blouses and emergency care| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Birth rates are dropping, even in Norway. Is 'intensive parenting' to blame?| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Denmark’s school lunch lottery, how universal school meals are making Nordics smarter, healthier, taller...even wealthier - and why we need in on the act| mshelenrussell.substack.com
In search of arbejdsglæde - or 'happiness at work' - via All Fours, a garden centre and a small patch of green behind the compost heap...| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
There’s something surreal about discussing Danish parenting and feeling sad in the shadow of an English royal palace said to be haunted by Catherine Howard...| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Why being picked last for team sports shouldn't slow any of us down; Viking parenting in The Happiness Lab; plus WIN tickets to the Feel Good Festival| mshelenrussell.substack.com
In which I attempt to explain to a Dane and an American why English adults voluntarily jingle, hop and whack sticks for fun| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Showtunes and Scandi Sex Ed: What Spermageddon Reveals About the Nordic Way of Living, Loving and… Learning?| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Denmark, The Return - in which we learn something new (possibly), adopt a goat (nearly) and risk gout (almost certainly)| Living Danishly with Helen Russell
Why I've been 'relaxing' all wrong, the flowers with the Kermit collars and Easter, living Danishly| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Big buns, big rocks and even bigger Danish music stars - singing with schoolchildren at 8am. Social cohesion never sounded so cool (or tasted so good)| mshelenrussell.substack.com
How Drawing Rekindled My Joy (And I Couldn't Have Done It Without Living Danishly)| mshelenrussell.substack.com
Last week’s Dear Donald post stirred a response like a dumpster fire: heated, illuminating and potentially noxious. So here's why we’re all leaning into a moment where the personal feels planetary| mshelenrussell.substack.com
