What really happens when you start over in your forties and move to Italy?

I’m Emma, a Brit who left the UK and built a new life in Italy. Now I split my time between Rome and a small town on Lago di Bracciano, sharing the reality of life here, beyond the postcard version.

Starting Over in Italy is about what it really takes to create a different kind of life in midlife.

Expect behind-the-scenes stories of living in Italy, navigating Italian culture and bureaucracy, buying and renovating a home, relationships, food, friendships and the everyday moments that make life here both wonderful and occasionally completely maddening.

But this isn’t just a podcast about Italy.

It’s about reinvention, midlife, slowing down, doing things differently and having the courage to ask: What do I actually want the rest of my life to look like?

If you dream of moving to Italy, love Italian life, or simply have a feeling that there might be another version of life waiting for you, you’re in the right place.

Follow Emma on TikTok and Instagram: @thisisemmainitaly

Read more at the Starting Over in Italy blog.

Italy is the backdrop. Starting over is the story.

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A brief visualisation to go alongside the workshop Finding Your Place in Italy, inside my Skool community.