According to a recent survey of 2,000, parents no longer feel lonely and depressed after their children leave for university. A poll revealed that parents whose children had recently flown the nest for university found they felt fitter, richer and more socially active as well as experiencing an improvement in their relationship. Most of the read more »

A recent letter featured in the Telegraph tackled the tricky topic of how to avoid tension whilst holidaying with another family. The Telegraphs relationship expert Sarah Abell highlighted certain ways of ensuring everyone enjoys themselves. Before you go make sure both families have had the opportunity to discuss their expectations. Everyone wants different things from read more »

Over half of all new mums decide to return to work as a result of mounting financial pressure, with 56% admitting they were unprepared for the financial impact of having a child, reports the Guardian. 52% of new mothers return to work after the birth of a child because of financial worries with one in read more »

iVillage has come up with some helpful tips to help keep our debts under control. The first step towards taking control of your debt is to open all of your bank statements and bills and make a list of all your debts. This may seem terrifying but it is the first step to addressing the read more »

Come New Years day seven million of us will have made resolutions yet a measly 10 percent of us will actually stick to them. Here are some tips from allaboutyou to help you turn those good intentions in to reality. ‘Find a new activity I love’ instead of ‘Lose a stone’ Losing a stone is read more »

Surprisingly only a third of couples have a joint account with their partners and as little as one in five duos that are ether married, cohabiting or sleeping in the same bed choose to pool their resources. So why are we so reluctant to share our pennies with our other halves? With Christmas around the read more »

Money really can be the route of all evil. If you have lots or even enough of it then it’s fabulous, but when you are breaking open the piggy bank on a regular basis you’re likely to start feeling a strain on your relationship. A YouGov poll of 2,000 people in May this year has read more »

Over the course of the next five years extra funding from the government will mean that more than 100,000 children from the most difficult families will be helped by intervention projects. Parents of children with an asbo will automatically be required to attend classes on literacy and parenting and will also have an option to read more »

The caring and motherly nature of women and the fact they often look after everybody else can often mean they are putting their own mental health at risk, reports The Guardian. Talking therapies have become highly fashionable over the past couple of years, yet our attitudes towards emotional health are still low on our list read more »

Retirement coaching is a combination of both regular life coaching and financial planning. Many are aware that there is an abundance of information available about retirement, however there are many other issues to plan for and to consider that a retirement coach could help you with. A retirement coach will not only help to plan read more »