I'm a mother-of-six but I left my husband of 25 years and ditched my six-figure salary job to party 4 nights a week in Cyprus - I just want to live my life
A mother-of-six left her 25-year marriage and her £120,000 salary to work from a beach in Ayi Napa and go clubbing four times a week - while her children remain in the UK.
Amanda Moss, 53, originally from Liverpool, Merseyside, made the leap and settled in Cyprus in May 2020 after separating from her husband.
On a journey to live her 'life with truth', Amanda completely transformed herself - losing four stone after changing her diet and experimenting with cosmetic treatments like Botox.
She ditched her 12-hour working day - which saw her bring in £120k-a-year - for five hours on the beach with her laptop which pays her £50,000 but says she has a healthier work life balance.
Amanda runs her own magazine and PR business, but still lets her hair down and goes clubbing multiple times every week.
Her children - Saxon, 24, Honey, 23, Floyd, 21, Albany, 19, a 16-year-old and an 11-year-old daughter - remain in the UK, but fly out often during school holidays to see her.
Amanda said: 'I was miserable. I thought "is this my life?". Covid just hit and at the end I just moved here.
'In the UK I was probably making £120k per year and I was working from 5am as soon as I woke up. I was working a minimum of 12 hours a day and now I probably work five hours a day but I have a much healthier work life balance.
'I earn around £50k and I could earn more, but I just want to live my life. The fact I'm my own boss now means I can tell people who are a******** to f*** off.
'I go clubbing three to four times a week. My daughter, Honey, 23, wants me to go to the club with her and she's like "that's my mum".'
Amanda first experienced life in Cyprus after purchasing a holiday home where she took her children when they were growing up.
After visiting the island multiple times, she finally moved into her holiday home she purchased in 2008 permanently in May 2020 after her business collapsed due to Covid.
Her three daughters moved over for a year with her in 2020, but Amanda moved them back to the UK after finding the education system was better there.
'I was 48 and thought 'f*** this',' she said. 'I'd slept in a bedroom on my own since my youngest child was born and she's 11.
'Every time I'd come back to Liverpool I'd be crying. My two eldest, Floyd and Honey, said "why don't you move? You're happiest there".'
Amanda also went on to lose four stone after eating 'for comfort all my life'.
She said: 'I got to a size 18 and 15st and I thought "this isn't me". I hated being fat. I started going to the gym and met friends at the gym. I trained as a body pump instructor.
'I really started to believe in myself. How many people have the balls to get on a plane and say "I don't want this life anymore?".
'People always say to me "you're so inspirational to me, I wish I could do what you do". And I say "you can, just book it". I haven't done anything extraordinary, I just booked a flight.'
Amanda has experienced some negativity online due to her new life. 'I've been trolled,' she said. 'People have said I'm irresponsible.
'My kids are supportive. I think I've taught my kids to live their life as they wish and not be told society's expectations of what they should do. I just want them to experience life in all its glory.'
Now Amanda starts her day at the gym. 'I do that more for my mental health,' she said. 'Depending on the time of year I'll go to the beach for two or three hours.
'Then I'll come back for a nap and then meet friends or carry on working until I go to bed.'
Amanda estimates she spends around £400 each month on Botox, nails, lashes and her gym membership, although she gets 'that for free as I get them through my clients'.
'Everything I do for my aesthetics and beauty regime is for me,' she said. 'I feel good and I'm investing in myself.'
Glamorous Amanda confesses she is 'a little bit vain but I've earned it'. She said: 'It's the whole self-love thing, because I've felt all my life I'm fat and ugly.
'Now I'm super fit, I train every day in the gym aside from Sundays. I have more energy than half the people my age. Life is a gift to take control of.
'My next thing I want to do is fall in love with a rich handsome guy - I'm sick of working. I'm living my truth, and I think people envy that.
'I sound really up my own a*** but I'm not. I didn't think I was living up to my full potential for the last 30 to 40 years and I'm making up for it.'
You can follow Amanda on Instagram and TikTok under @amandalifestylepr. Amanda is also set to release her new book 'You're going to die so do it anyway - live life louder after 50' next month.
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