Sleep, calm and recovery, explained properly

Yes, stress can make your hair fall out. The most common type, telogen effluvium, causes extra shedding around 3 months after a

“Hormonal imbalance” isn’t a diagnosis, but it’s a useful way to describe symptoms caused by hormone changes or conditions, such as irregular

An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) is when your thyroid gland doesn’t make enough hormones. Common symptoms are extreme tiredness, feeling cold, weight gain,

Crying for no obvious reason is common and usually has a hidden cause, such as stress building up, tiredness, hormonal changes before

Grief is the natural response to losing someone or something important to you. It can bring shock, deep sadness, anger, guilt, exhaustion

Low self-esteem means having a mostly negative opinion of yourself: feeling not good enough, being very self-critical and doubting your abilities. It

Low mood is feeling sad, flat, tired or irritable for a few days or weeks, often after stress or a setback, and

Food can affect your mood. Large studies link diets rich in vegetables, fruit, wholegrains, beans, nuts and oily fish with a lower

To build healthy habits that stick, start tiny, attach the new habit to something you already do, make it easy and obvious,

PMS (premenstrual syndrome) symptoms appear in the 1 to 2 weeks before a period and ease once it starts. Common signs include

To stay well in winter, get morning daylight, keep moving, protect your sleep, eat warming balanced meals, keep your home at least

Many women gain weight around the middle in perimenopause and menopause. Falling oestrogen shifts fat towards the stomach, muscle mass drops with