BESTSELLING cooking author Annabel Karmel is one of those exceptional people who managed to turn the awful tragedy of losing her first child at just 13 weeks into something positive.

Women are unable to do some jobs that men can do because they are too sensitive to cope with failure according to one female entrepreneur.

An ever growing number of mothers are setting up their own businesses instead of going back into employment to enjoy more quality time at home, writes Helen O’Callaghan.