Living in a big, noisy household is fun and healthy. Why are we selling up?

Our plans for downsizing, forcing our kidult children to move out and rent, seem increasingly unattractive

Chocolate corn cakes and apple crisps: 100-calorie snacks for kids

With new advice that parents should limit children to two low-calorie snacks a day, here are a few suggestions that should go down a treat

Byron Katie: ‘Just ask yourself, is that thought really true?’

Byron Katie was deeply depressed when a radical change left her joyful. She now uses her secret to help others – whether brutalised by war or merely stressed

To be happier, women should try giving up on being good

Women are more unhappy than men, and men are blamed for this. But perhaps men aren’t the real culprits

A letter to … my sister, who has conquered her depression

The letter you always wanted to write

I’m a self-saboteur – why do I fear success more than failure?

I have also realised that the ultimate enemy of self-sabotage is looking after your mental and physical health

My problem with Viagra? It feeds men’s obsession with macho performance

I’m all for the erectile dysfunction drug being available over the counter. But this doesn’t mean women have to tolerate men’s fantasy-driven sex antics, writes Guardian columnist Deborah Orr

‘It tears every part of your life away’: the truth about male infertility

Men are facing a fertility crisis, so why is most practical and emotional support offered to couples struggling to conceive aimed at women?

Can men get postnatal depression?

More than a quarter of new fathers in a new study showed significant levels of depression – what are the causes, and what can they do about it?

A moment that changed me: being diagnosed with breast cancer

At first, I was desperate to regain control. But when my body didn’t let me, I learned to let go – and put myself at the centre of my life, writes Joanna Clarke-Jones