Poorna Bell

Poorna Bell is an award-winning journalist and author who writes across mental wellbeing, women, diversity as well as shining a light on under-served communities. Her third book, Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women's Strength is out this year. Poorna writes a weekly column for i.

When you're widowed, having sex again can reconnect you to your body

Grief changes you almost entirely as a person, and it was no different when it came to sex

I'm glad I'm child-free. But that doesn't make me superior to people with kids

Making Jennifer Aniston's grey hair a news story isn't feminism, it's sexist

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Entering my forties has taught me it's perfectly ok to withdraw from one-sided friendships

The way people split the bill can tell you a lot about how they view friendship

My phone had taken over my life - now I'm learning the power of saying no to friends

I thought isolation would cure my grief when my husband died. How wrong I was

After 16 years of debt, I know you can't guilt someone out of spending - it'll make it worse

You can't manifest a perfect relationship, and it's healthier not to try

Julia Fox says ageing is hot – that's because she's in her thirties