I’m 40 and lost everything in a recent divorce. How do I start again?

March 24, 2026 — 1:01pm

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I’m in my 40s, I got divorced a few years ago and feel like I’m starting over financially. I’m struggling to move forward and build my life back. I feel like I’ve lost everything – not just money, but family, friends, the life I once knew. This isn’t where I thought I’d be at this point in my life. How do I start to move forward, so I can build a new life for myself?

I’m going to talk about this more from a mindset lens because what really determines how you move forward successfully isn’t just the financial moves, but how you process what’s happened.

Do you remember when you were a child, and the future looked full of endless possibilities? There was a magical sort of feeling when you thought of the future. You could be anything.

Hopefully, you enter adulthood with a healthy dose of optimism for your future. You start pursuing the things you couldn’t wait to do, once you finally have the freedom (and resources).

Sure, challenges come up. Hardships come up. But you didn’t expect it to be a walk in the park, so you soldier on, you keep trying, you keep your chin up,........

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