How to be alone not lonely

From SAD to feeing anti-social, avoid the common seasonal pitfalls

Q‘I’m a 58-year-old divorced mum of two grown-up kids who are now in their twenties. Lovely kids. I adore them. But they both have partners now and don’t live with me and they don’t have kids yet. I’v

Volunteering your time at Christmas can feel like the best gift ever

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

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

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