Hi, I’m Lorraine and this is my midlife journey.

This time last year I was married, living in a lovely house with my husband and enjoying a good job. Now? Well, now I’ve no job, no house and no husband (technically I do, but he decided he wanted to separate and is now living with another woman after we spent 22 years together), ouch.

January 2026 saw me at rock bottom and I mean rock bottom, I was in A&E, determined to terminate my life so that my husband and his “girlfriend” could get on with things without me in the way. Looking back now I do wonder what I was thinking. “I’ll just commit suicide so that they can carry on without me getting in the way of their happy existence. Well this is my life and with a lot of amazing support from my friends and family, counselling, hypnotherapy, pilates and belief in the Universe, I am taking back control of my life and truly living it! On Saturday, 13 June I start an amazing four months of travelling. I’ll document my travels here and yes, there will be times I talk about what has happened in the past in order to help me move forward and make midlife, MY life. I hope you’ll join me on my amazing journey.