From the sentimentality of the season to the pressure to be joyful, the festive period can feel tough when you’re grieving. As we mark Grief Awareness Week, one writer – who’s carrying the loss of her fiancé and her father – shares what she’s learned

Grief coach Jennifer Hacker shares how looking after her body helped her recover from the loss of her son more than 20 years ago.

Brett Harman lost his fiancée Hannah (pictured with daughter Summer below) to cancer a year ago, after she had cared for him through his own battle with leukaemia just a few years earlier. As a newly

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One in five older people in the UK admits to feelings of loneliness – and this only intensifies at Christmas. What is causing this crisis and how can we combat the sense of isolation?

For 25 years Farrah Storr sought answers to a heartbreaking rejection at 17. When she eventually found them, she realised she’d been looking in the wrong places all along