Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

Experiencing feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed and anxious can occur relatively quickly. That’s why emotional self-regulation (ESR) is such an important skill. It helps us manage emotions, cope ...

Have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach before a big speech? Or a wave of calm after a deep breath? These are examples of interoceptive cues—physical signals from inside your body that ...

Tuning into your body's internal signals, known as interoceptive awareness, is a powerful yet overlooked mental health ...

Science is more aware than ever of the myriad complex links between our physical and the mental worlds; from the strange effects of placebos and nocebos, to the explosion of research into ...

There is a quiet language spoken inside us, a private vocabulary of heartbeats, breath, butterflies in the stomach, and the warmth of joy. Most people know this language instinctively. But for many ...

Sarah Garfinkel has received research funding from the Medical Research Council, Wellcome and the MQ Mental Health Research Charity. She holds an unpaid position on the scientific advisory committee ...

Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing – these are the senses we’re probably all familiar with. But we humans may not be limited to just five: some scientists argue for a “sixth sense” – though there ...