#172: Closing the door on a London agency and building a new creative life in France with Lucy Werner

#172: Closing the door on a London agency and building a new creative life in France with Lucy Werner

From Another Door Opens by Eleanor Tweddell

July 1, 2026 · 1h 2m · Episode 172

About this episode

Lucy Werner shares her journey of relocating from London to rural France and the challenges of reinventing her life.

"I have found, when I've shared my fails as well as the journey to getting to my wins, the people who are there with me at the winning line, that finish line, are more involved in that story because they've come with me on the journey. And more often than not, the fails on the journey have led to more opportunities landing for me because people want to talk to me about the fails more than the the wins." What does it really take to shut the door on a thriving city business and step into an entirely different life in rural France ? In this episode, I speak to Lucy Werner shares the honest story behind her midlife relocation from London PR agency owner to creative entrepreneur deep in rural France. From testing the extremes of a new place (she picked the bleakest winter to see if she'd survive), making peace with a vanishing identity, facing language and cultural mishaps, and learning to create opportunities in a new place, Lucy is refreshingly upfront about the messy, emotional reality behind "living the dream." If you're making a big change or you just want insight into real-life reinvention, this episode offers both inspiration and permission to embrace the adventure (and the…

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