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Forget new year's resolutions! Throughout January, Gillian Russell and the Personal Best team are focusing on trying new things and filling our lives with more of what's good for us so we can squeeze out some of the bad habits...

Could four weeks off alcohol alter your relationship with it? Ruari Fairbairn, co-author of The 28-Day Alcohol-Free Challenge, describes why he decided to give up booze and the impact it's had on his health and happiness since then. How can we approach giving up something we like in a positive way and is it possible to do so without becoming pious - or boring?!

"You are what you eat" ... you've probably heard that expression dozens of times but how much attention do you really pay to it? According to Suzanne Lockhart, author of Mad Diet, the reason so many of us are depressed or struggling to lose weight is down to the food we put in our mouths ... but by changing our approach to what we eat, she says we can improve both our waistlines and our mental health.