‘i traded a comfortable retirement for a new business adventure’ amanda wheal, 60, from leigh-on-sea, essex, set up her own business for the first time at aged 57 as an independent celebrant, specialising in weddings, vow renewals and funerals.

The September sun was still warm when I reached the familiar stretch of beach. I glanced up at a messy display of cotton-wool clouds in the sky. They were bobbing randomly overhead and I almost felt I

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Podcaster and author Zoe Blaskey talks to Psychologies about modern motherhood, endless expectation, and why setting boundaries, not seeking balance, is the key

When people talk about soulmates, most mean their partners. Not me. My sister, Sarah, was my soulmate. Although we had three half-sisters, Paula, Sharon and Debbie, from my parents’ previous relations

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