Stressbusters

On Mental Health Day Lorena Bernal, life coach and founder of Live Love Better, outlines four exercises to help stressed parents feel instantly happier.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year, typically in the autumn and winter, can also contribute to feelings of worry and anxiety. Denise Iordache, sleep therapist and founder of JoySpace Therapy, outlines some practical strategies for managing worry. 

National Stress Awareness Day 2021 is a good moment to assess our stress levels and take action to reduce them. Anne Coates offers some suggestions.

Kathryn Bingham, who loves relaxing in a bath, puts to the test Magnesium Sleep Bath Flakes and Magnesium Muscle Bath Flakes from BetterYou.

The Blue Monday Survival Guide – ten top tips by Carolyn Hobdey whose new memoir, All The Twats I Met Along The Way, is published today.

Ready for "blue Monday" on 18 January, Suzie Sawyer, Public Health nutritionist, shares her top seven tips on How To Beat The Lockdown Blues.

Your home should be the one place on the planet that promotes comfort and relaxation. But if your home is filled with clutter, this can cause stress, reduce productivity levels, and make it hard to unwind. You will also have great difficulty completing household chores with tons of clutter around. And if you have young children, too much clutter can present hazards and dangers that put their lives at risk, writes Emily Roberts.

Lockdown is easing and we are starting to rejoice and think about favourite places to visit, friends to see, restaurants to eat in and pubs to get our favourite tipple. But are we ready to go back into the social world? Or is there worry and anxiety lurking behind the surface? Dr Tim Bond takes a look at what could be making us feel anxious at steps we can take to help.

To celebrate my friend's birthday I took her to Waltham Abbey Marriott Spa. Here are our thoughts.

Calm – The Magic of Sleep by Michael Anton Smith promises to tell you everything you've ever wanted to know about sleep but were too tired to ask. What does insomniac Anne Coates think of it?

To mark National Spa Week, Anne Coates shares her experience a spa day for two at Bannatyne Spa in Chingford courtesy of buyagift.