Life in London made me ill - so I moved to Spain and it was the best thing I did

A Londoner who moved to Spain 17 years ago says her health has “wildly” improved because her lifestyle is much less stressful.

Georgina Shaw, 46, believes the relentless pace of life in the UK capital was making her ill, before she decided to accept a job on the Costa del Sol in 2008.

She had been looking for a new PR job in London when a friend suggested she consider working abroad. A few weeks after uploading her CV to a Spanish recruitment agency, she accepted a job offer as a campaigns director of a PR agency and was on her way to the city of Marbella. New Feature

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“It was hard to make the decision to leave, but my mum asked how I would feel if I didn’t go,” Shaw told The i Paper . “I knew I’d always regret not trying.”

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