“I learned to thrive after surviving the pain of losing all my family by the age of 40”

Wendy Smith, 56, wears a pink silk shirt and sits on a therapist's chair with a bunch of dried hydrangea flowers on a small table behind her.

“I would clearly never have chosen the deeply traumatic losses I experienced, but having finally processed the grief, trauma and anxiety they caused, I’ve found a sense of calm which I never thought was possible,” reflects Wendy Smith.

"The journey has felt like scaling a mountain at times but the view I now have as I reach the top has been worth the hard climb.