“Retirement is driving a wedge between me and my wife”
Dr Miriam Stoppard helps a retired couple find ways to spend time together and handle time apart.
Dr Miriam Stoppard helps a retired couple find ways to spend time together and handle time apart.
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Dr Miriam Stoppard is a doctor, journalist, author and TV presenter. She was named the UK’s most trusted family health expert, was the Mirror’s agony aunt and has sold more than 25 million books. In 2010 she was made an OBE for services to healthcare and charity.
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