‘i just want to be alone for christmas’

What’s your number one tip for keeping calm in the Christmas chaos? As a psychotherapist, I want to remind you that feeling a bit ‘all over the place’ at Christmas is completely normal – don’t be so h

Sara-Louise Ackrill’s autism makes the big celebrations difficult, so what is it like to avoid the traditional festivities?

Wander in to the shops and there’s no escaping it: Christmas is coming. Seemingly getting earlier every year, the pressure to deliver the perfect Christmas is immense. From TV ads showing sumptuous fo

There are many small pleasures to be enjoyed when there are just one, two or a few of you celebrating the festive season, writes author India Knight

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