A stressful lifestyle in middle-age can take a toll on you

A hectic lifestyle in your 40s can take its toll. Take simple actions before you falter, writes Áilín Quinlan

BETWEEN 2011 and 2015 Christine Heffernan had three babies one after the other, oversaw the building of the family home, and broke her hand in a bad fall.

Life at the time, recalls the 40-something, was exhausting and nothing short of chaotic.