How do I start a new life?

[Anon1202]

Hello, I am a successful lawyer earning a good salary, have a nice house, nice car and two gorgeous children. My husband is abusive and sponges off me and the lifestyle I provide but will not even entertain the conversation about divorce...go figure! Anyway, that’s for another thread!

I have had a turbulent few years losing both my sister and dad in quick succession, my 2 year old being diagnosed with a heart condition which requires a pacemaker and some new diagnoses for me of some chronic long term conditions. The unhappiness I feel is all consuming and all I want to do is start again (with my boys and not my husband, of course!) but I don’t know how.

I would like to focus my energy on a job that is more about giving back, like a paramedic or nurse/midwife instead of making money for billionaires but I just don’t know how I do this as I would probably need to retrain and take a huge drop in salary (and I’d have no one financially supporting me or the kids). The money doesn’t bother me in the slightest, I’d give up all the material things in a heartbeat if I could be happy but I just know where to start.

Has anyone started over again and could offer some advice?

Many thanks xx

I'm thinking of doing this. It's actually quite common mid career for people to get sick of the corporate world and want to do something more meaningful.
I had a friend become a midwife in her late 30s
Another friend thinking of going from city career in finance to teaching
I am thinking of going from HR to becoming a speech and language therapist!

For me, it would mean going back to Uni for a 2 year masters, I'd get a bursary for some of the fees and probably borrow the rest. My partner would support me during my studies, without this I'd have to find the money to support myself. So I suppose it depends if you have savings? And what you want to do - full time study is 10k for fees alone for a lot of courses, although some have bursaries (but not usually for the full amount) . NHS related ones have reintroduced bursaries of apx £5k/year.