Summer nights making you feel restless? Adding a few ingredients to your dinner can make all the difference
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Summer nights making you feel restless? Adding a few ingredients to your dinner can make all the difference

As well as sleeping on a good bed in a well-ventilated, dark and quiet room, achieving a great night’s sleep can be affected by what you eat before bedtime.

According to The Sleep Council, certain foods are known to aid sleep – in exactly the same way that caffeine is known to help you stay awake.

Office exercises to do on the sly
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Office exercises to do on the sly

You did it! You got your first step on the career ladder and you absolutely love it – you love how challenging it is, how it lets you be creative and how it lets your skills flourish.

Video: Beauty for busy mums
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Video: Beauty for busy mums

These days the frumpy and tired look just doesn’t cut it – and thanks to celebs and the yummy mummies of the world, being a mum doesn’t mean you can get away with not making any effort at all with your appearance.

But it can be costly – products, and time can put a lot of us off, when we really do need something to banish those dark under eyes, and dry skin. 

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Banish the bags…top tips for looking less tired

Ask a working mother what her number one beauty concern is and you can be sure of her response.

Balancing work and motherhood means feeling and looking tired is par for the course, Dr Mike Comins, Medical Director of The Private Clinic agrees: “Looking and feeling exhausted after having a baby is to be expected to some degree and this tiredness is usually exasperated when women go back to work.”

Five tips for staying trim while eating out with the family this summer
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Five tips for staying trim while eating out with the family this summer

We all want to enjoy the experience, but if you’re trying to watch those calories, it can be a bit difficult to fully enjoy eating out with the family. Keeping yourself in shape when dining out is simply a matter of ordering the right things.

Here are five tips for having a healthy dinner out,while still enjoying your meal like everyone else: