Happiful – Issue 106 2026
Summary
Happiful Issue 106 (2026, £5.99) — Power Hour — focuses on working with your ADHD brain, with features on the paint-by-numbers revival for accessible art, unshaming shame through mind-body approaches, sleepmaxing trend analysis, grey divorce and rediscovering yourself post-divorce, and holding platforms accountable for cyberbullying. The Pema Chodron quote "You are the sky. Everything else — it's just the weather" opens the issue.
Content Guide
▸ Inspiring Reads
p.14: Unshaming shame — A mind-body approach to finding the wisdom hidden underneath this difficult emotion.
p.20: Colourful minds — Why the paint-by-numbers revival is a stroke of genius for accessible art therapy.
p.32: Spotlight on sleepmaxxing — Is it time to put the trend of sleep optimisation to bed? The article questions whether tracking every sleep metric creates more anxiety than it resolves.
p.53: Stop self-silencing — Defy societal expectations and express anger in a healthy way.
▸ Wellbeing
p.39: Decoding cyberbullying — How to start holding those responsible accountable for online harm.
p.45: Standing tall — Try posture walking on for size; body language affects mood through the mind-body feedback loop.
p.64: The AM effect — Can the magical morning hour make personal mantras more powerful?
▸ Relationships
p.24: Five friendship green flags — Signs to look for in building bonds that last, including reciprocity, reliability and respect for boundaries.
p.25: Grey divorce — Why separating later in life offers a chance to start over, with practical emotional and financial guidance.
p.58: I see you — Techniques to validate others even when you disagree.
▸ Positive Pointers
p.28: Harmonious home — Making peace with neighbours through conflict resolution.
p.48: Finding time — ADHD-friendly tips to help life tick by more smoothly, including time-blocking and body-doubling.
p.52: Rise and shine — Empowering affirmations for morning practice.
▸ Food & Health
p.34: Autoimmune flares — How to address the link between stress and autoimmune disease.
p.50: Breakfast sorted — Fibre-fuelled granola recipe. Target 25-30g fibre daily for gut health and inflammation reduction.
Editor's Take
Issue 106's ADHD-focused content (p.48, p.14) is the strongest material — the time-management tips and shame-unpacking are specific enough to be immediately useful, and the framing avoids the "superpower" cliché that dominates ADHD media. The sleepmaxxing feature (p.32) is the second-strongest, taking a critical view of the optimisation trend that most wellbeing magazines enthusiastically endorse. The weakness is the grey divorce piece (p.25), which covers important ground but is only one page — a topic this significant deserved at least 3-4 pages of depth. This issue suits ADHD readers, late-middle-aged adults navigating relationship changes, and anyone skeptical about sleep-tracking culture.
Strengths
• ADHD time-management tips include specific techniques (body-doubling, time-blocking)
• Sleepmaxxing feature offers evidence-based skepticism about sleep-tracking culture
• Unshaming-shame article provides a structured mind-body protocol
Weaknesses
• Grey divorce feature is only 1 page for a life-transition topic
• Friendship green flags list is generic across 5 items
Verdict: Recommended — The ADHD and sleep-content combination gives this issue a distinctive angle that most mental health magazines miss entirely.
