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last updated:
9 September, 2024
Lily Allen with her parents Keith Allen and Alison Owen. Photo: Getty Images
Celebrity Families

Who are Lily Allen’s famous parents, Keith Allen and Alison Owen?

Amid rumours that Lily Allen and David Harbour are splitting up, the singer says she’s ‘spiralling’; in the past she’s attributed her mental health struggles to her parents – so who are they?

Fame and celebrity

Who is Lena Dunham’s ‘one night stand’ turned husband, Luis Felber?

Wellness

Why change can be good for your mental health – even though it’s hard

Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: Hong Kong’s wellness trends for 2025

This week’s PostMag explores Hong Kong’s wellness trends for 2025, from pickleball to mushroom coffee and Transcendental Meditation.

Explore Hong Kong’s wellness revolution in 2025, from pickleball to run clubs and retreats. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong youth

Letters | How to save our children from smartphones and social media

Readers discuss the harmful problem of online addiction, the mixed messages sent to Hong Kong seniors, the HK$2 fare scheme, and a troubling taxi ride.

Wellness

AI mirror on the wall, who’s the most stressed of all? Tech at CES says you

A robot to combat loneliness, a mirror that spots fatigue – a look at the mental health tech on show at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show.

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Wellness

How Transcendental Meditation transformed my life, as it did for The Beatles

It’s a simple yet profound way to achieve inner peace and reduce stress, using a personal mantra to guide the mind towards a calmer state – no wonder Hugh Jackman and David Lynch are fans.

The Beatles with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, in Rishikesh, India, in 1968. Photo: Getty Images
Wellness

3 top wellness trends to make 2025 a better year

In the advent of artificial intelligence, cutting-edge wellness technology and a growing awareness of holistic health practices, there are now more ways than ever to get in, and stay in, tip-top shape.

Wellness

5 wellness retreat trends in 2025, from sexual healing to psychedelics

Want to restore your libido, get help conceiving, or find relief from stress and addiction? Here is what’s trending in wellness tourism.

Wellness

Inside Myanmar drug rehab centre where tough love is the prescription

Weightlifting, karate drills and tug-of-war contests are all activities at the facility in a country that produces huge amounts of narcotics.

Recovering drug addicts exercise during a rehabilitation program at the Metta Saneain rehab centre in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

6% of 11,000 Hongkongers tested in free mental health screenings need help

Pilot scheme at district health centres refers residents showing emotional distress for free psychological therapy.

A man answers a questionnaire at a mental health clinic. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

How writing therapy can help you get to know yourself better

Done right, therapeutic writing can be a tool for psychotherapy and self-help. But who is it suitable for and how can you get started?

Wellness

5 simple checks for dementia, starting with a clock drawing test

Is it dementia? A popular neurologist uses five simple tests of cognitive function to help gauge the health of a patient’s brain.

Wellness

Time to stop smoking? Study shows a smartwatch app could help

Smartwatch app detects movements that indicate smoking, sends vibration alert, a text offering moral support and tally of cigarettes smoked.

The app developed and tested by UK researchers for smartwatches sends a vibration alert and text message when the watch detects motions that indicate the wearer is smoking. Photo: University of Bristol
Hong Kong society

How creative therapies help bereaved Hongkongers process unspoken grief

Success of movie The Last Dance has thrust into spotlight how residents process death of loved ones, with one NGO project manager warning painful feelings often get suppressed.

Christina Lau has created a painted box as part of an art therapy programme at the HKCCCU Kwong Yum Care Home to help her process her grief over her mother’s death. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

Letters | Standardise sizes at eateries to make Hong Kong healthier

Readers discuss ways to optimise food portion sizes in Hong Kong, the city’s first breast milk bank, and the benefits of admitting we’re not perfect.

Wellness

What I realised reading my dad’s letters to my late mom as he lay dying

It took all her courage, but Barbara J. Ferraro read the wartime letters aloud to her father as his body withered, and finally understood.

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Wellness

5 million people. 1 psychiatric hospital. Many patients are chained to beds

At Mauritania’s Nouakchott Centre for Specialised Medicine, most patients stay for only a few days as beds and staff are too scarce.

A woman brings food to a relative at the psychiatric centre of the CHS hospital in Nouakchott. Photo: AFP
What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, January 3-5

Catch some bargains at a Hong Kong products expo, see a Korean artist’s pop-up show of paintings, learn how to map your body, and more.

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Wellness

Mind-body interaction: a healthy body makes a healthy mind and vice versa

Our mindset, attitude and emotions affect our physical health, and having a healthy lifestyle improves our mental well-being.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Justin Acee, fiancé to Demi Moore’s youngest daughter, Tallulah Willis

A co-founder and the former drummer of indie rock band Made Violent, Acee has been welcomed into the Willis fold and even gives Tallulah the same advice her mother did when she was little.

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Meet Justin Acee, fiancé to Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s youngest daughter, Tallulah Willis. Photo: @justinacee/Instagram
Professional Education

How Hong Kong universities tackle mental health challenges among students

Mature students face unique mental health challenges as they seek to balance work commitments, family needs, social life and academic pressures.

A leading mental health charity in Hong Kong has found that 61 per cent of adults in the city experience poor mental well-being. Photo: Shutterstock
Wellness

How gender stereotyping of girls with ADHD delays diagnosis often until adulthood

Despite signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during childhood, it is often not diagnosed until adulthood, especially in women.

Wellness

Dentist who gritted her teeth to beat depression, and the help there for you

Charlotte Chan had professional care for her mental health issues. Many in Hong Kong face a long wait. Four groups have stepped up to help.

Germany

Man goes on rampage with excavator in Germany before being shot dead by police

Meanwhile, two people were hurt by a knife-wielding man in Berlin, with the country still reeling from a deadly car attack in Magdeburg.

An excavator involved in a violent incident on Tuesday is seen in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany. Photo: dpa
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong man critically ill after woman lands on him in suspected suicide

Man, who was pushing trolley at the time, sustains head and limb injuries and is in a critical condition in hospital.

Buildings in Wing Hong Street in Cheung Sha Wan, where a woman is suspected to have jumped to her death. Photo: Google Maps
Wellness

Do you believe in ghosts? A sceptic explains why we think we see them

A professor uses ‘anomalistic psychology’ to try to understand belief in phenomena that lack scientific support, such as psychics or ghosts.

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Fame and celebrity

Who is Reverend Jesse Jackson’s son, who is seeking a pardon from Joe Biden?

In 2013, Jesse Jackson Jr pled guilty to misusing campaign funds and was sentenced to prison time; he was released in 2015 and is now seeking a presidential pardon after struggling to rebuild his life.

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