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Are you getting sick of losing hours of your life to your phone every day, even when you’re trying hard not to? Psychologist and expert Dr Martha Deiros Collado is here to help us take back control from phone addiction… Words: Sally Saunders. Images: Jesse Jenkins After chatting with Dr Martha Deiros Collado, it’s hard […]
Your perimenopause mind: managing mood, memory and sleep
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How to stay grounded in times of change
Does the back-to-school feeling of September leave you restless and craving something new in your life? Kate Townshend shares her thoughts on the shifting of seasons and whether it’s time to make a change this autumn… Images: Shutterstock, Pexels September has always been an evocative month for me. The whisper of seasonal change in the […]
How to navigate the transition to an empty nest
Have your children left for university or other ventures? As parenthood takes on a new guise, open yourself up to change and let your empty nest grief give way to opportunity, writes Yasmina Floyer. When I was sixteen, the swell of my life beginning to expand was palpable, the world opening up like a treasure […]
Anna Whitehouse: ‘We’re battery-farmed humans!’
It’s time for a revolution in the workplace, if not for us then for our daughters, says Anna Whitehouse. Here we find out how she’s changing her message to try to get through to businesses, and why she won’t even use the words ‘flexible working’ any more… She’s spent the last decade working towards equality […]
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