A 4.30am start and three-minute toilet breaks: are you ready for microscheduling?

It’s easy to feel swamped by work and succumb to stress, so some people have decided the answer lies in scheduling their day, minute by minute

From work to family – the experts’ guide to a low-stress life

How to ease your anxiety about relationships, work, family or money

From the surgeon to the Spice Girl: how people in high-pressure jobs cope with stress

From Mishal Husain to Mel C and Henry Marsh, twelve high-powered people reveal how they manage

Working mothers ‘up to 40% more stressed’

Shortening hours reduces pressure but flexitime and home-based jobs offer no benefit, major study finds

I’m old, sedentary and slouch a lot – will sitting less help me live longer?

A new study says that sitting less could hugely reduce your risk of an early death – but how easy is it if you work at a computer?

Should I try to help an unhealthy colleague improve her lifestyle?

Have you got a work-related problem? In this series we invite you to send in a short description of your predicament – so that other readers can offer solutions

It’s my final column – here’s the best advice I’ve given (and got)

As time goes on, I find myself returning to a familiar mantra

Barbara Taylor Bradford: ‘Why would I stop working? I live by schedules’

The bestselling novelist on eschewing computers and the secret to a long marriage

How do I get my male colleagues to respect that I have a young child?

Make a stand against this culture or make it clear you will resign, says Sharmadean Reid

My boss is incredibly moody. What can I do?

It might be worth giving your boss the opportunity to shed light on the reason for the mood swings, says Sharmadean Reid