From a last call to his mother as he prepared to take his life, to hiking around Britain and becoming a mental health advocate, Jake Tyler shares his story.

The art of arranging flowers helped a woman with general anxiety disorder process her feelings Now she’s helping others overcome their worries by holding free flower art therapy workshops in Hong Kong.

A stage 4 cancer diagnosis petrified Snehal Ponde, who’d recently arrived in Singapore and given birth to a son, but counselling and support helped her fight it.

Cancer made Julia Broad re-evaluate her life: she took up meditation, adopted a largely plant-based diet, and stopped exercising so hard and working all hours, devoting her evenings instead to family and friends.

A certified hypnotherapy practitioner in Hong Kong, Christine Deschemin, created UpNow, a hypnosis app that puts stress relief within easy reach. Users describe its benefits.

Shreshta Mittal, of Mumbai, India was initially shocked by a diagnosis of stage 3 breast cancerl, but she focused on the positives throughout her treatment, and is now a leadership and well-being coach.

Don’t wait until you are dying to live life to the full, honour your dreams, be receptive to new things and genuine – palliative care experts on what they’ve learned from terminally ill people.

Journaling has been proven to deliver mental and physical health benefits through creating emotional awareness, generating mindfulness and reducing stress.

Hong Kong-based artist Sravya Attaluri uses her own experience of suffering a mental breakdown as a teenager to create art with a positive message about addressing mental health issues.

Cancer patients, recovering drug addicts and those with special needs in Hong Kong are discovering the benefits of yoga through free community classes.

Three men, suffering from knee damage, spinal pain and Type 2 diabetes, join classes in Iyengar yoga to relieve their health problems.

A Hong Kong woman with brain cancer changed her diet and adopted natural, holistic treatments to complement her chemotherapy.

Vanessa O’Brien has climbed the world’s highest mountains and reached the oceans’ deepest point. Behind her multiple midlife milestones are years of training and lessons in humility.

Hong Kong-born Dino Hira had a big house and fancy car, but felt unfulfilled and fell into depression. Meditation set him on the road to self-discovery.

‘America’s fittest CEO’ Strauss Zelnick shares lessons learned from years of personal practice and research. He has created 12-week plans based on community, nutrition, movement and mindfulness.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016, Candy Lee changed her lifestyle and career, started keeping fit and found religion. She also set up a YouTube channel to inspire others.

Bhoovarahan Desikan was 32 and despairing of his fitness when he was inspired by morning joggers in a park. Now he’s poised to achieve an extraordinary feat.

Ayurvedic expert Vinod Sharma has helped many couples overcome complications with fertility. Three of his patients talk about their successful journeys to motherhood.

When she lost 70 per cent of her hair and Western medicine did nothing to help, Veena Dansinghani saw an Ayurvedic consultant, who adjusted her diet and lifestyle and reversed the loss. Now she helps others as a hair loss consultant.

Shot in Hong Kong, My Indian Boyfriend, the first bilingual Cantonese-Hindi film, is based on the true story of its Indian director’s romance with his now Hong Kong Chinese wife.

Intricate patterns in rich red hues drawn on the hands of a bride are thought to carry blessings and symbolise the prosperity she will bring to her new family. The ritual may have originated in India, or perhaps in the Egypt of the pharaohs.

Repeatedly raped and beaten as a child, Damien Rider sought refuge in drugs, and had attempted suicide four times by his 30s. He took up endurance sports, and surviving a dangerous solo paddle board trip was to prove transformational.

When Garth McLean was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his mid-30s, yoga helped him so much, he trained to become a yoga teacher. He has been medicine-free for 17 years, and now helps others with MS.

From yoga and mindfulness to sound healing, a series of health and wellness events for people with special needs is taking place in Hong Kong this month.

Family, community and nationality help teens form an image of who they are when growing up, but for cross-cultural teens and third culture kids, these anchors can be unstable.

Made of cotton, silk or both, and sometimes richly embroidered, there are different ways of weaving and wearing the sari everywhere you go in India. A staple of bridal trousseaus, a well-made sari can last for generations.

The vindaloo curry originated 5,500 miles to the west of India, in Portugal, and was brought there by Portuguese explorers. It has since become a popular dish in Britain, where ‘spicy vindaloo eating challenges’ became common.

The fluffy and crispy stuffed pancake made from fermented batter is a South Indian breakfast staple and has become popular around the world.

Crowds still flock to a 115-year-old restaurant in Lucknow, India, to taste its galouti kebab, first made for a king who’d lost all his teeth. It’s one of many variations on a dish brought to India by Persian traders.

Two Bollywood superstars, Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar, are helping drive a resurgence of socially conscious cinema in India, through films such as Dangal, Padman and Guilty.