Need more mindful activities? Five things to try

Stress relief to better relationships, diets to outdoor adventures, here are five ways help mind and body live in the moment

I still feel guilty about my children’s upbringing

I have a fractious relationship with my daughter – it's seldom been peaceful but is currently aflame

Experience: I have had a headache for six years

Jane Hooper: 'I am so desperate that I am willing to try anything. I'd have a head transplant if it stopped the pain'

My girlfriend doesn’t want sex because she is worried about STIs

Her test results were negative, but now she is convinced she has genital warts. Should I worry about her state of mind? Pamela Stephenson Connolly advises a reader

Marriage in recovery: After nine years together, would I change anything?

I don't tell R that he was the third person along the line that I was set to marry, but he was the only real suitor

This column will change your life: the best dating advice? Wait and see

If you're not one of the beautiful people, take heart, Oliver Burkeman says. All you need is for others to have the patience to get to know you

I’m letting myself off the hook for being scatty

I've always been chaotic but you can't change your whole personality

Marriage in recovery: Sex and putting a sock in it

Why did I have to ruin a nice morning in bed with R by going on about his socks?

Unsafe sex: why everyone’s at it

They pay their bills, hold down careers – so why are young people taking risks when it comes to sex? Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett talks to the women (and men) ditching contraception and trusting in luck