My other half is a psychotherapist, late-ish career change, and has never looked back, she loves it.
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Best of luck to you. Took me a year to take the jump and finances was one the biggest worries, along with moving away from Edinburgh and my two boys (both at Uni). What I’ve learned through it all is when you make a big positive change in your life, you will just make it all work.
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Nice! The no talking about work rule is clutch!
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Don’t know you internet stranger but I genuinely wish you well and things get better for you. That sounds incredibly stressful and worrying with your kids. 
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That sounds a tough year, here’s hoping for calmer waters. I feel for all the good ones in the US with everything going on. It can sound trite and just words, especially when you’re in that horrible place. These words do come from having been truly on the rock bottom - things do get better. Make time for yourself, to do something/anything that gives you pleasure. I got back into making music again and having an hour or so to just be/play, is majorly important. Always seek help. Every single one of us is winging it. My personal messages on here are always open.
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Thanks folks. I’ve started biking to work to sneak in some exercise. I’m also DJing more for added income, which is work, but the fun kind. And we got the city to admit fault for our plumbing issue! Things are good when I take it day by day.
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Nice one! Biking - any exercise really - seems great for blowing away the cobwebs that gather in the mind.
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Was in the Pyrenees again last week this time for my Mum’s 75th. The area around Val d’Aran is so fresh and unspoilt, well away from the coastal cauldron. We went to this wild park in the mountains called Aiguestortes, which is so remote there are no facilities, bars, not even emergency phone signal. Total bliss. For a couple of days, you forget everything. My partner said she hadn’t seen me that relaxed in months. When it feels like everything in your life is caving in, having that access to nature is such a mood booster.
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