Design For Life Advice: My friend seems to hate me since my love life picked upAuthor and hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan advises a reader whose friend has started making hurtful remarks since she began a serious relationship
Ask the expert: Help! I’m panicking over my best man speechProfessional storyteller Mary Kate O’Flanagan advises a reader how to approach speech writing for his best friend’s big day
Design For Life Advice column: How can I overcome my constant sense of fear and doom? GP and well-being specialist Dr Mark Rowe advises a reader who is overcome by negative thoughts brought on by the declining state of world affairs
Design For Life Advice column: Should I tell my company that I’m experiencing perimenopausal symptoms?Co-director of National Menopause Summit, Sinéad McNamara advises a reader who is having difficulty concentrating and feels uncomfortable in meetings
Design For Life Advice column: ‘My husband baulks any time I cook a vegetarian meal’Dr Mark Rowe advises a reader whose efforts to maintain a healthy and environmentally friendly diet are causing friction with her life partner
Design For Life Advice column: I’ve a great relationship, but I feel I’m losing my own identityFiona Brennan advises an outdoorsy, health-conscious reader who feels she’s taking on too many of her more sedentary boyfriend’s habits
Design For Life Advice: How can I discuss climate change with my eight-year-old without scaring him?The best way to manage this situation is to start having calm and measured conversations with your son about climate action, says our expert
Design For Life Advice: I love my boyfriend, but is his closeness to his mother something to worry about?This week our expert advises a reader who is concerned about her partner’s mother being so heavily involved in their lives
Design For Life Advice: I have three children; is it fair to ask my job for more flexibility?This week, Leisha McGrath advises a reader who feels guilty about asking her work for special allowances to help allay her summer overwhelm
Design For Life Advice column: What can I do to help myself manage my type 2 diabetes?This week, Dr Eva Orsmond responds to a reader who was shocked to be diagnosed with the lifestyle disease at a relatively young age
Design For Life Advice: My sun-worshipper husband won’t use sun cream in front of our daughtersThis week, Dr Mark Rowe advises a reader whose husband insists he can’t get a proper tan unless he mostly goes without sun protection
Design For Life Advice: My young daughter gets very upset when I show my partner affection This week, our expert advises a reader whose 18-month-old daughter has started to become extremely jealous of her mother’s relationship with her partner
Design For Life Advice: Since my promotion, my boss has been contacting me at all hoursThis week, psychotherapist Siobhán Murray guides a reader in establishing boundaries around acceptable communication practices outside normal working hours
Design For Life Advice column: I’m confused whether multivitamins are any goodThis week, our expert advises a reader who takes multivitamins but is now unsure of their value
Design For Life I’m upset about my job’s fake diversity and inclusion ethosThis week, diversity and inclusion consultant Susan Dwyer advises a reader whose workplace’s cynical attitude to diversity makes them uncomfortable
Design For Life Advice column: I want to play with my infant daughter, but I don’t know how This week, psychotherapist Richard Hogan guides a reader whose upbringing is hindering his attempts to have fun and engage with his toddler
Design For Life Advice column: Onset of menopause has reduced my sex drive and left me exhaustedThis week, GP and author Dr Mary Ryan advises a reader on the use of hormone replacement therapy and other measures she can take to deal with menopause
Design For Life Advice column: My father and my boyfriend’s mother have been secretly datingThis week, clinical hypnotherapist Fiona Brennan advises a woman who feels betrayed by her father’s covert relationship and wonders if her own ties with him will suffer
