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Always saying yes can create turmoil and build resentment, so start practising self-care and say no

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

It’s an Irish thing not wanting to be a bother, but you have a right to good care

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Simple steps such as making coffee for a colleague or taking out a neighbour's bin can put you on the road to feeling better, mentally and physically

A beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

‘If you want to live a more fulfilling life, then try to work out what negative assumptions you have about yourself’

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Don’t focus on the loss but on the gain, such as better health, a clearer head, the financial rewards or more time to read books or pursue a hobby.

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

While it might be tempting to cancel Christmas, some advance planning can make it more tolerable

When mornings are busy, taking three minutes for yourself can feel impossible. The trick is to make it a habit

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Parties, reunions, school plays – it’s four-weeks at sprint pace fuelled by alcohol and chocolate

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

It helps to know that we regret more the things we didn’t do than the things we did

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Being less visible in life is the less risky option for sure, but weigh up the opportunity cost

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Choose the things you absolutely want to do this season and then let the others go

‘We talk about our inner critic, that’s an inherited critic. We didn’t lick it off the ground’ says psychologist Louize Carroll

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Musk-Twitter not for you? Here’s how to say goodbye to the bird app

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

‘It’s much easier to talk about end of life and death when it’s theoretical,’ says Valerie Smith of the Irish Hospice Foundation

Humility means pausing before judging, cancelling or gossiping about someone, explains Louize Carroll

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

You don’t have to be artistic to have creativity in your life

It stems from core beliefs about ourselves — beliefs formed by our upbringing or peers

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Don’t be fooled by the tricks airports play on you, and don’t let boredom cost you money

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Turning off the heat in rooms you don’t use and insulating the rafter space in your attic are not the way to go

Take the time to appreciate what you’re eating and you might find you want less of it, says the cognitive behavioural therapist Susi Lodola

Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit

Habits take a long time to form and can be hard to break so take things one day at a time

We’d all rather live without stress, but that’s impossible. If we can learn how to manage it, stress can actually be quite a positive thing