Part 1 -Relocating to France and leaving toxic society

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So here I am sat in France having left toxic society, retired at 45, birds twittering and quietness of the land, my land. Did I ever think I would own what I have now? If you knew me you may think not.

Within this blog you are going to read from start to finish how my family and I relocated to France post Brexit. I will talk you through how to apply for your long stay visa and manoeuvre through all the French beuocracy.

If you have any questions at all, do not hesitate to contact me

I grew up on a council estate in a seaside town, south of London. Life had it’s ups and downs and enjoyed playing with my mental health including nursing the turmoil of losing my mum at the age of only 13. I continued on day in and day out walking the treadmill of life I felt I had been delivered.

I got married, had children, worked myself hard to get to a high management position. You would think from the outside I had it all. But my mental health was deteriorating.

It was one night out lives changed for good when my husband spoke to me about how he was feeling, this was unusual as at this time we both had a very poor attitude to deteriorated mental health. We both had to deal with employees feelings each day and we had little understanding on this subject, this was to change big style.

Over the coming weeks it became apparent my husband was suffering with his mental health and he was not long after diagnosed with PTSD. It took alot of work from both of us to understand what this meant for our relationship.

On the discovery of my husband’s diagnosis I felt the confidence to be able to voice my concerns on how I was feeling working all hours and missing out on time with the family.

The decision was made that I would leave my position and we would start our journey to a happier life. The journey included the sale of our family house, funny really, I was excited to let it go and to this day I don’t miss it at all. The family moved into rented accommodation and I was pregnant with my fourth child.

If you enjoyed reading my blog and the start of our journey to leaving toxic society, want to know how we did it, what it feels like and where we are now then look out for, Part 2 The challenge of applying for our visas – is coming very soon.

Take care and look after your own mental health