Psychologies

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aving run a busy vocational college for many years, after my third pregnancy, I found I just couldn’t do it anymore. I was exhausted, my hair was falling out, my nails were weak, and I felt unwell and irritable most of the time. So I had to sell the business, as I wasn’t coping. I knew I needed to do something about my health, but when I went to the doctor, all my tests came back as normal. Yet I knew I didn’t feel ‘normal’: I’d stand at the bottom

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