If you have recently experienced an incident which has set you back in life such as a messy break-up, a redundancy or a bereavement and are looking for help and advice to help you bounce back then listed below are some tips to help you get back on your feet: 1. Lean on your support read more »

We have known for a long while that snuggling up on the sofa with a good book is a sure fire way to wind down, but now a psychologist has taken this a step further and has compiled a ”reading list for the soul” which aims to help stressed out workers deal with the stresses read more »

Often it just so happens that a first day of school causes just as much anxiety in the parents as it does in their child. With September just around the corner here are a few tips from ivillage which will help to ease those anxieties. If your child’s fast approaching first day at school is read more »

A recent study has overturned earlier research on working mothers by finding that mothers can go back to work after the birth of their child without putting their wellbeing at stake, reports the Guardian. The new study was led by New York’s Columbia University School of Social Work and was published recently by the Society read more »

Receiving lots of affection as a young child could help us to better cope with the stresses and strains of adult life, says a recent study. These findings come from a study of almost 500 people, from the US state of Rhode Island, who were studied as children and then again as adults. The study read more »

Even though a computer age equals efficiency, spending most of your day sitting dormant in front of a computer screen can have more of an effect on the body than you think. Other than using our eyes to scan the screen, the most active part of the body is our hands and though it may read more »

Working from home is many peoples idea of heaven, an extra hour in bed, no early morning commutes sandwiched between two questionably smelling businessmen, no sitting opposite someone who has a knack for rubbing you up the wrong way and no clashing holiday dates! However, working from home can also equal reduced productivity, loneliness, too read more »

Our children learn from the examples we as adults set for them and it is often the simplest of things that will help them along in their development. Recent research has suggested that work commitments flout 52 percent of people’s dinner plans, whilst 91 percent of people believe dinner was the best time to catch read more »

According to an influential think thank , marriage does not make parents relationships more stable, reports the Telegraph. Though studies have found that married couples have more stability in their relationships than couples who simply cohabit, this is not because they are married and is more to do with the characteristics that have lead the read more »

School’s are calling in assistance from life coaches to help children as young as seven improve their learning and self-esteem, reports the Daily Mail. Demand for life coaches within the education system has grown at such a pace that one company has ten times the amount of business they had this time last year. Life read more »