MIND, BODY, RELATIONSHIPS & MONEY

Headlines about the hardships of motherhood are rife – and one group of women have been paying close attention. Here, a thirtysomething writer takes a break from her to-do list to hear from those who are burning themselves out to prepare for parenthood

Women are running themselves ragged, acting as the glue that holds everything together, and burning out,

Four views of modern maternity

IT’S SO EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP IN TRYING TO ‘DO’ CHRISTMAS RIGHT THAT YOU END UP EXHAUSTED, OVERWROUGHT AND FEELING WRONG. TO FIND A BETTER BALANCE, MARIANNE POWER ASKED A NEUROSCIENTIST FOR ADVICE

DO YOU TAKE ON THE LION’S SHARE OF FESTIVE TASKS? I am very lucky – my husband is a thoroughly modern man. He cooks, takes out the bins and dotes on our kids. He even buys a lot of the presents. But I