IT'S MAKE OR BREAK-UP TIME.

The leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter and there's a chill in the evenings. Even if you're untouched by seasonal affective disorder, autumn is a time to reflect. Back at work after the holidays, you ask yourself, 'Is this the job I want?' Standing in front of the mirror after a summer of indulgence, you think, 'Is this the body I want?' And faced with an empty social calendar, you wonder, 'Is this the partner I want?' Autumn is certainly a tricky time for couples. Each year, September starts a steady smatter of celebrity break-ups. In the dating arena, Gossip Girl couple Blake Lively and Penn Badgley called time on their three-year romance last autumn. Carey Mulligan and Shia LaBeouf, who met on the set of the Wall Street sequel Money Never Sleeps, also went their separate ways. It wasn't a good time for marriages either. Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar separated, as did Courteney Cox and David Arquette, and Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman. And at the start of this year's post-holiday break-up season, The Only Way is Essex's Lauren Goodger and Mark Wright are early casualties. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]