Hollywood and the media most commonly portray mistresses as heartless home wreckers but, more often than not, these women don’t embody the sexed-up stereotype.

Many are duped into these toxic love triangles and struggle with deep feelings of loneliness and personal conflict.

Now, one of the world’s most famous mistresses is on a mission to rescue others from the despair of their affairs and portray the hidden life of the often-vilified woman in Discovery Life Channel’s The Mistress (working title).

Sarah J. Symonds, author and self-proclaimed former mistress of Chef Gordon Ramsay and Lord Jeffrey Archer, dishes out tough love to mistresses ready to finally escape the trap of extramarital affairs.

Each half-hour episode documents Symonds’ intervention with one mistress, drawing from her own personal experiences to prove that there’s rarely a silver lining when you’re the other woman.

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Helping women fully come to terms with the truth beneath the lies, the empty promises, and the sneaking around, The Mistress gives viewers a unique glimpse into the downward spiral of secret lovers.

The Mistress (wt) premieres on Wednesday, January 21 with back to back episodes at 10/9c and 10:30/9:30c on Discovery Life Channel.

The Mistress (wt) is produced by Great Pacific Media Inc. and distributed by Beyond Distribution. For Discovery Life Channel, Julie Meisner Eagle is vice president of production, Jane Latman is general manager, and Henry Schleiff is group president.

On January 15, 2015, Discovery Fit & Health will become Discovery Life Channel – a network that promises to embrace all of life’s unplanned moments.