Let's Talk About Sex, Baby...and Life and Love in France | Ep 45 She Hit Refresh

Welcome to Season 4 of the She Hit Refresh podcast. A podcast for women age 30 and up who want to break free from routine and start a life of travel. Specifically women who want to move abroad or travel the world long-term. I sit down with women who have made their refresh dreams come true and discuss how and why they moved abroad or hit the road to travel.

In this episode I speak to Melanie Hamlett. Melanie from the U.S., 43 and living her best life in France! This was such a fun conversation and I think you're going to love it!

What we discuss


Qualify of life in Europe 
How her career took off after moving abroad

How Europeans actually prioritize enjoying life and don't center their existence around their job


Dating after 40 and using Tinder
Becoming a "cougar" 
Living in France
Dealing with parents passing while abroad
Living a slower
Teaching English in Spain (we both participated in Spain's language assistant program)


About Melanie

Melanie Hamlett is a comedian, storyteller, journalist and writing coach living in Lyon, France. After over a decade of doing comedy in NYC and LA, she moved to Europe. Since arriving in Europe, her writing career in America has taken off—she writes regularly for Glamour Mag, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Slate, The Guardian, etc etc and is now in talks with production companies to turn her stories into TV shows. This all started when she left LA to become an English teacher in Spain in the auxiliary program at 40 years old. Now she's married to a French man and is happily fulfilling her career in Lyon. She coaches new and seasoned writers on how to get bylines in major publications and get their stories out there.

Connect with Melanie on here: https://linktr.ee/MelanieHamlett and check out her Glamour article Men My Age Wouldn’t Date Me, so I Became a ‘Cougar’


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