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In August 2020, Emily Wood returned from holiday to find a devastating letter on her doorstep – she’d been made redundant. Suddenly, things felt bleak.
‘It was my first job in seven years after being a stay-at-home mum to Hugo, now eight, and Martha, six. To lose it felt heartbreaking,’ she says.
What followed was a perfect storm of depression, and chronic illness from Emily’s endometriosis and fibromyalgia – both painful and incurable.
‘I felt low, started having panic attacks, and lost my self-esteem.’ Emily, 45, also lost the drive to do the creative things she’d previously enjoyed, like cooking.
‘I applied for
