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What to say when your friend is depressed

What to say when your friend is depressed

It's more than just feeling blue so don't tell her she needs to cheer up. Here’s what someone with depression really wants you to say. When someone you care about is suffering from depression, you want to do something that will make it all better. But here’s what people with...
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Divorce advice: 18 things we wish we'd known thumb

Divorce advice: 18 things we wish we'd known

We all know that about half of marriages end in divorce, but not a single one of us ever...
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Toxic people you need out of your life thumb

Toxic people you need out of your life

We all have one or two 'mates' who drag us down instead of make us better. If you...
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Should I go to my dreaded school reunion? thumb

Should I go to my dreaded school reunion?

Some former classmates from my school have found each other on Facebook and are...
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In a happy relationship? Sorry, no one cares! thumb

In a happy relationship? Sorry, no one cares!

I’m having toast and flicking through The Times on my iPad when I see a question to...
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I'm falling for my friend’s dad thumb

I'm falling for my friend’s dad

Dear Dr. Pam,
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Getting older is no longer theoretical, it's gonna happen thumb

Getting older is no longer theoretical, it's gonna happen

I’m on the escalator in M&S when I glance round and see Aunty, 89, still...
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Stuck in a relationship you can’t afford to leave? thumb

Stuck in a relationship you can’t afford to leave?

In the process of going through all my old blog posts, trying to see where I might have...
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I can hear everything when they have sex thumb

I can hear everything when they have sex

Dear Dr. Pam,
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It's actually happened, Dan's moved in... thumb

It's actually happened, Dan's moved in...

After two-and-a-half-years of seeing each other, Dan is finally, finally – sort of...
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There's self respect... and then there's the onesie thumb

There's self respect... and then there's the onesie

My over-riding memory of this Christmas? Sitting in my friend’s kitchen, chatting...
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8 easy ways to improve your confidence thumb

8 easy ways to improve your confidence

Find out how confident you really are. Then take action with these eight simple...
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Lonely this Christmas thumb

Lonely this Christmas

Christmas can turn out to be the most desolate period for many. Caro Handley offers...
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3 ways to avoid Christmas conflict thumb

3 ways to avoid Christmas conflict

Christmas – a time for presents, stuffing yourself silly and spending time with...
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Shopping on a Saturday at Christmas? Say it ain't so! thumb

Shopping on a Saturday at Christmas? Say it ain't so!

Mo’s pocket money is burning a hole in her pocket.
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