Bonjour — and welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. I thought it was time to introduce myself for those of you who are new here :)
🇫🇷 I’m Judy MacMahon — Fondatrice of MyFrenchLife™ – MaVieFrançaise®, Magazine and Global Community, and if you love France the way I do, I think you’re going to feel right at home.
MyFrenchLife™ started 16 years ago with a simple belief: France deserves to be really understood, not just visited.
Not France as a postcard. Not the clichés — though honestly, some clichés exist for very good reason 😉. But the France that surprises you. Moves you. The France that, once you glimpse it, you can’t stop wanting more of.
Over the years, this little passion project of mine has grown into something that still takes my breath away. More than 12,000 francophiles from all across the globe. Thirty-five talented Contributors writing from France, bringing you stories I couldn’t tell alone. le Bulletin newsletter lands in your inbox each weekend — immersive, nourishing, never rushed. A curated Library of hundreds of the finest Substacks about France. And the fabulous Collection of deep-dive articles exploring French culture from this way and that. And a BookClub that somehow manages to feel intimate across more than six time zones — we laugh a lot, as you might imagine.
What I love most is the connections. People who’ve never met, sharing stories about a village, a book, a moment in France — and suddenly feeling less alone in their francophilia. That’s what this place is, really. A community of like-minded souls searching for what lies beneath the surface of France.
Whether you’re dreaming of France from afar, living it every day, or planning your next voyage, you belong here.
Warm regards, Judy 🇫🇷
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Love this glimpse, Judy.
I would be so interested in knowing how the passion project first made its way. What your background was before that (both work and play :)). Maybe you've written about that elsewhere?
That ocean looks so inviting!
I am delighted to have found you here Judy am in awe of all you gather, write and share.
Thank you — I love that photo!