Love and romance may be in the air at this time of year, but relational therapeutic coach Alex Croxford looks at a rarely spoken-of aspect of relationships: why some women cheat. It’s often, she says, due to childhood shame and shutdown.

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An open relationship once meant liberating yourself from the mundanity of a traditional set-up. Then Lily Allen released West End Girl and the world starting gossiping about the ultimate cautionary tale of using non-monogamy to save a domestic set-up. As taking lovers becomes tactical, WH explores if fortysomething women are playing with their mental health as they play around with the rules

When Mr D was a young romantic

Counsellor Kate Medlin answers your personal, sexual and emotional problems

When Helen Cleaver, 58, said yes to marrying the love of her life, heartbreak followed. But decades later, fate led her down the aisle…