Psychologies

“Women support women; they are the bedrock of my sanity”

Have you ever dared dig out an old outfit from the back of your wardrobe and try it on?›Maybe a suit from your first job interview, your wedding dress or, in the case of Olympic gold winner,›Denise›Lewis, your heptathlon outfit for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Lewis says: ‘It was the anniversary of the games last year and I thought it would be funny to try it on! I laid it out on the floor, noticed it looked quite small and wondered if it had somehow shrunk in the wash. When I could only just get it past my knees, I had to accept that after four children and 20 years, my body, like the rest of me, had changed. But the memories live on and I’m excited about the next chapters

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