The advice starts RIGHT HERE!

ALICE BOYES

Struggling with a task you’ve been putting o ? ‘Set an “implementation intention”,’ says writer and former psychologist Alice Boyes in our Dossier on overwhelm from page 51. ‘In a study, students who decided when and where they were going to write their essay were more likely to do it!’

MARIELLA FROSTRUP

‘It can be near impossible to know whether you are perimenopausal, or grumpy, ill, overworked, in a bad relationship or stressed and – knowing modern women – with a permanent and overriding sense of guilt that it’s entirely, if inexplicably, your fault,’ explains Mariella Frostrup. Discover how to navigate this time on page 44.

MARIANNE RIZKALLAH

‘Listening to music from your youth could be one of the safest (and cheapest) ways of regaining your sense of freedom,’ says Marianne Rizkallah, vice-chair of the British Association for Music Therapy. Find out how to make listening to old favourites part of your self-care routine on page 114.