Getting back into the swing of everyday life isn't a pleasant experience. Thankfully these 10 experts shared their top tips with The Times to make your post-holiday blues much more life affirming!

"Feeling blue when you return from holiday is a sure sign that your internal life is out of balance. As a philosopher once said, a wise man deals with what causes him pain. If you're doing your job just for the money, you should leave it tomorrow. Go to bed every night thinking about the most beautiful thing you saw that day.

"Understand that pleasure is quite different from joy. We have been programmed through society that pleasure can solve our problems. Pleasure is a hit, while joy is a state of being."

Peter Owen-Jones, vicar, writer and broadcaster