Hannah Matthews, 43, lives in County Down, Northern Ireland, with her husband and children.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve suffered from low self-esteem. But when my marriage collapsed, shortly after my mother’s death from cancer in 2007, I hit rock bottom. I didn’t feel I had emotional or physical energy and, with two children, Matilda and Violet, to look after, I knew I wanted to be in a better place.
Happily, I met my now-husband James, 45, the following year, and we married in 2012, going on to have our two sons, William, now six, and Oliver, three.
Later that year, when an opportunity to move to James’ native Ireland came up, we jumped at it. However, it was an enormous upheaval, as the relocation meant I…
