I was high-functioning alcoholic mum on mission to get messed up – I wouldn’t have known if kids had fallen down stairs

I was high-functioning alcoholic mum on mission to get messed up - I wouldn't have known if kids had fallen down stairs

RACHAEL Shephard, 43, from Hampshire, admits she had a drinking problem. Here, she reveals how she tried to hold it all together for her two kids, while secretly falling apart – and how she eventually got sober. 4 Mum Rachael Shephard has opened up about her battles with drinking 4 Rachael admits… I was high-functioning … Read more

I’ve been offered a new sales job & am anxious about hitting targets. What should I do? Karren Brady gives career advice

My job mixed with personal responsibilities has left me feeling burnt out... how do I stop feeling so overwhelmed?

APPRENTICE star and West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady answers your careers questions. Here, Karren gives advice to a reader who is anxious about hitting sales targets in a new job. 1 Karren Brady gives you career advice Q) I work in sales and have been offered a position in a different… I’ve been offered a new … Read more

Stunning road trip down Canada’s sublime coast offers delicious lobster feasts and wild adventures

Stunning road trip down Canada's sublime coast offers delicious lobster feasts and wild adventures

IT’S hard to describe the emotions that hit me as I set eyes on the rugged coastline and emerald-green landscape of Canada’s east coast for the first time. Nova Scotia is the ancestral home of the Mi’Kmaq people and the homeland of my wonderful grandmother Eileen, who passed away when I was… Stunning road trip … Read more

I was furious when my surgeon hubby operated on our baby without telling me but love that he does my Botox over brekkie

I was furious when my surgeon hubby operated on our baby without telling me but love that he does my Botox over brekkie

LIZZY Savetsky, 39, is a digital influencer and lives in New York with husband Ira, 40, a cosmetic surgeon, and their children Stella, 12, Juliet, 10, and Ollie, four. Here, she reveals how her surgeon hubby does her Botox over breakfast – and even operated on their baby without telling her. 5 I… I was … Read more

I’ll spend Christmas with my husband & three kids obsessing about my lover – I feel no guilt, it makes me a better wife

I'll spend Christmas with my husband & three kids obsessing about my lover - I feel no guilt, it makes me a better wife

MARRIED mum-of-three Anna Bawdwyne, 39, a nurse from Kent, reveals the pain of being separated from her secret boyfriend over the festive period – and why her affair has made her a nicer wife From the outside, my Christmas Day will look like that of so many other wives and mothers. 3 Married… I’ll spend … Read more