I long to move to the seaside, but will it unsettle my children?

You’re unhappy where you are. How can you be sure you won’t be just as unhappy in a different town, asks Annalisa Barbieri

Why it’s time to stop pursuing happiness

Positive thinking and visualising success can actually make you miserable – happily, other strategies for fulfilment are available

How to find the right therapist

More and more people are seeking help – but where to look? An expert offers pointers

My lockdown meltdown drove me to try therapy – did it help?

When my Spice Girls-related coping mechanism stopped working, a friend suggested cognitive behavioural therapy

‘Listen as well as talk – and try not to interrupt’: how to be a better friend

For many, keeping in touch with people we love has been harder this past year. But it’s not too late to rekindle friendships, or find new ones

‘I deserve a glass’ – and four other lies you should stop telling yourself about drinking

As stress rises, so does our alcohol consumption. Here’s how to change your relationship with drink for good

Readers’ hangover cures: 10 ways to beat the post-booze blues – from Radiohead to rollmop vinegar

If you’ve overdone it this first week of lockdown, here are tried, tested and surprising suggestions for how to handle the headaches and horror the morning after the night before

I teach a course on happiness at Yale: this is how to make the most of your resolutions

Forget tough love. Adopting a positive mindset and being kind to yourself is a more effective way to make a change

Silence your inner critic: a guide to self-compassion in the toughest times

Is your internal monologue friendly, calm and encouraging – or critical and bullying? Here is how to change it for the better

Have you seen the price of sperm? It’s time to democratise fertility treatment

Having a baby by IVF or IUI shouldn’t be something only the wealthy or lucky can do. We need to widen access – though I’m not sure EmbryoGlue can help