Take a Break Weekly

Take A Break Weekly is Britain’s best-selling women’s magazine that’s all about you and your life. Each week we share your compelling true-life stories, the latest health, fashion and beauty tips, plus cookery and travel. Don’t miss our exciting competitions with fabulous must-win prizes.

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Take a Break WORLD • Where everyone loves life

I’M A TaB WINNER!

MEGA SNAP

Cheat at 40,000 FEET! • My boyfriend and I were flying home from the trip of a lifetime when I sensed urbulence.

Your Brainwaves • Tips, tricks and bright ideas

‘Daddy, I don’t want to go’ • I’d had to fight to stay in my girls’ lives and I was preparing for the next struggle when I got a call that made my world crumble.

YOUR BIG Bonanza

ARE SEPARATE BEDS THE SECRET TO GOOD RELATIONSHIPS? • A third of Brits say their sleep schedule isn’t aligned with their partner’s, fuelling a rise in so-called ‘sleep divorces’, where couples choose to sleep separately. So, we ask…

AND THEN SUM

NOW 4 SOMETHING Different

BOLD & BRIGHT • Add some joy to your wardrobe with cheerful colours and punchy prints

When blood ISN’T thicker than water • With more people opening up about their difficult family dynamics, Take a Break speaks to two women about their experiences with estrangement

FIND THE Money!

Curse of the BIG BUFFET • I’d taken all-you-can-eat to the extreme, and now came a reckoning.

YOUR BIG Relax

The most honest advice around

5 EASY FITNESS WINS • Choose consistency over intensity with these simple tips

HRT and cancer: THE TRUTH • As Davina McCall’s breast cancer news raises questions, a GP provides the answers

‘I WISH I COULD TAKE IT AWAY’ • We thought our baby’s blistered fingers were an allergic reaction. But it was much worse

Code BREAKER • Crack our CODE BREAKER and discover the winning word…

Our CAR CRASH wedding! • We’d met in the most dramatic way and, after that, the surprises just kept on coming.

New tricks • Matcha, miso, hot honey… let’s get cooking!

Bare, bold and BRILLIANT! • After a shock diagnosis, Josephine Boulter was determined to strip away any stigma and show the world she was capable of anything

Talk about a BABY BOOM! • No matter how many precautions I took, I just couldn’t stop falling pregnant. Would my family ever stop growing?

SPRING GREENS • Freshen up your space with soothing, nature-inspired hues

QUESTION Time • The answer to each question can be found in the box at the bottom. Cross them off as you go.

A MOG in a MILLION • Some people say black cats are unlucky, but the stray we took in proved quite the opposite. By Deb Pearce, 68

Take a break… IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS • Relax and unwind amid the lakes and forests of South Bohemia

Win! £1500 • RELAX AND UNWIND

Picture POINTER • Write your answers to the word and picture clues in the direction shown by the arrows.

CHALLENGE accepted! • After years of entering eating contests to mask my body shame, I’d shed an incredible 19 stone. So why did I feel so low?

Life Stars • This week’s stars with Rosalie Jones

Starscope

YOUR BIG Supermarket SPREE

‘This doesn’t taste right’ • My hubby and I had treated ourselves to a special holiday, so why was I coming home alone?

YOUR BIG Cash Stash! • YOUR BIG Cash Stash is a brand-new puzzle with a brand-new prize! Solve our crossword to find out what’s inside our treasure chest and you could be in the money....