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Not long after my husband, Keith, died suddenly in April 2000, I overheard one of his family members tell someone that she didn’t feel sorry for me and my young children. “This will make them stronger,” she asserted. Seventeen years later, her words taunted me as I shuffled across the sizzling parking lot of a suburban shopping center on my way to a therapist’s office. Stronger. What a joke; I could barely walk.Once inside, I slumped into an oversized chair and wearily told my new therapist, Elizabeth, my problem was that I sucked at life and the visit would be a waste of time for both of us. The only reason I was there was because one of my adult daughters had threatened to call 911 if I didn’t get help for myself. She’d become alarmed after she couldn’t reach me and had stopped by my house, where she discovered me flat on my back on my sofa. I hadn’t bathed or changed my clothes in weeks. 

Every parent knows that the merriment and magic-making surrounding Christmas requires time, energy, and often more capacity than any of us have.Upended schedules, school plays, non-uniform days, PTA events, parties, end-of-year work deadlines, gift-giving, cooking, baking, entertaining – the mental load, which is hard enough to juggle at the best of times, gets thrown into a pressure cooker.And if one of you assumes the other is happy to manage everything, it won’t take long to reach breaking point.It’s no wonder the first working Monday of the new year is often referre

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A selection of some of the festive moments that have us howling every ChristmasWhether you’re a Christmas obsessive who’s been blasting Mariah Carey since the second you closed the door on the last of your trick-or-treaters or a more sceptical Scrooge, one thing that can’t be denied is that all

This December, we’re championing kindness in all its forms through HuffPost UK’s 

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McAllister in Home AloneThe debate over which classic Christmas film truly reigns supreme apparently has an answer.New data suggests that the UK’s favourite seasonal film to stream at this time of year is Home Alone, which happens to be celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2025.According to a new poll by

Robyn and Christopher Alesich, founders of polyamorous dating app Sister WivesAccording to data from YouGov, 1% of the UK population are currently in polyamorous relationships and 8% would be open to being part of one. For clarity, this means that 680 thousand people are in polyamorous relationships and 5.4 million people are open to the idea.Despite these numbers, polyamory is still largely misunderstood. If you weren’t aware,

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Woman looking stressed with head resting on wrist.Whether you love or loathe Christmas, it’s hard to deny just how stressful the season can be. Gathering gifts, decorating, reconnecting with family members and if you’re hosting Christmas Dinner... SO much prepping.Even with all the best intentions, this stress can really take a toll and prevent you from enjoying the holidays which feels like it defeats the entire point.Thankfully, one psycho