Now she has told Good Housekeeping UK the trauma gave her a fresh determination to embrace life, saying: “One of the really big things I've learned is that it’s all life.
“It’s all part and parcel and texture - a real life is lots of big experiences.
“I've learned a massive amount and I hope I'm a better person now. I probably love my life more now than I did then, because I appreciate everything about it.”
Lauren, 46, lost her mother to cancer in 2022 and said the disease is something she had “...