Woman's Own

SINGLE MUM SUCCESS

‘I went on a mission to change things’

Louise Temlett, 47, lives in Bath with her two children, Ben, 12, and Isabel, six.

Whenever I think back to the lonely, isolated and scared person I was in November 2017, I feel a little sad but also proud of how far I’ve come. Following a traumatic break-up, I was forced to move miles away from my home and I didn’t have a secure place to live for months, staying with friends until finally I found a place to rent.

With my son Ben, then six, and my five-month-old daughter Isabel to care for, I went

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