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Finding a new DIRECTION

‘WHAT WAS STOPPING ME FROM LIVING MY DREAM?’

Justine Warwick, 51, lives with her husband Andy and two grown-up children in Stock, Essex.

As the YouTube make-up tutorial ended, I eagerly found another to watch. It was 2015 and I could happily lose myself in tutorials like these for hours.

Married to my husband Andy, then 47, and mum to two beautiful children, Alex, 13, and Lily, 11, I was a happy stay at home wife and mum.

Although I never regretted my choice to give up my career in investment banking to focus on starting a family with Andy, there were times when I missed the hustle and bustle of working life in the city.

Of course, being a mum was the best job I could have ever had and I enjoyed every moment with my children. I

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