Happy Place

You’ve got to give new things a go and not give up when you’re a bit crap at first. Team GB Olympic rower Helen Glover is clear that a huge part of her success is thanks to her mindset that it’s better to try and fail than not try at all.   In this chat with Fearne, Helen explains how to have the discipline to stick at stuff that feels important to you, even if it doesn’t always feel easy. By her own admission, Helen “couldn’t have been further from an Olympian” when she started training...   At Tokyo 2020, Helen was the first mum to represent Great Britain in rowing at an Olympic Games. She’s passionate about pushing back on the perception that age or parenthood should be a barrier in anything you’re trying to achieve. She and Fearne unpick the narrative that says women probably won’t be all that ambitious once they’ve had kids!   Plus, what’s the weirdest place you’ve found yourself breastfeeding in? Fearne and Helen share theirs...   If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:   Molly McCann   Leah Williamson   Adele Roberts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How good are you at being honest with other people? Go on, be honest with yourself about that one! Coleen Rooney would always rather tell the truth before a situation escalates.   In this chat with Fearne, Coleen explains how she’s instilling that honesty is the best policy in her four sons, as well as why she’s so grateful to have a village around her to help raise her boys. With four children, Coleen is in a lot of school gate WhatsApp groups, so she and Fearne spill what really goes down in those wild group chats...   They also chat about how she and husband Wayne prioritise time as a couple, especially after so many years together, and what it was really like being thrust into the public eye as a teenager just because her boyfriend was a footballer.   Plus, Coleen has dealt with some incredibly stressful situations in her life, so what does she do to make sure it doesn’t overwhelm her?   Coleen is an ambassador for the protein, vitamins and collagen brand Applied Nutrition.    If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:   Lemn Sissay   Ashley John Baptiste   Gary and Emma Neville Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you cringe at other people’s joy? Author and illustrator Florence Given reckons cringing at others is telling you something about how you feel about yourself...   In this chat Fearne and Florence get into how to really start living unapologetically as your full delicious self. Cringing at others might be showing you’re a bit pissed off that someone else is able to do something you want permission to.   Florence explains how anxiety from being bullied at school kick-started her questioning everything the world was telling her. Why do I have to be ‘pretty’? Why am I ‘too much’? Why do I care about being liked?   You can’t let other people shrink your self-expression; Florence talks Fearne through how to not take comments and opinions personally. Plus, why resting feels like such a radical thing to do...   Florence’s book, Women Living Deliciously, is out now.   If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:   Paloma Faith   Beverley Knight   Caitlin Moran Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would you rip up your current life and reinvent yourself if you had the chance? Do you have desires you’d want to explore? Maybe there are hidden parts of yourself you’ve never had the chance to get to know? Which societal rules would you want to ignore?   Author Miranda July asks all these questions in October’s Happy Place Book Club novel: All Fours. She picks apart how we can fall into the monotony of every day routine instead of acknowledging the wild emotions and longings inside us.   In this chat, Fearne and Miranda talk about fluctuating hormones, pressures of motherhood, sexual fantasies (some of which may or may not involve tampons), and menopause as an incredibly exciting and sacred transitional period.   Fearne asks Miranda to help her be even more painfully unfiltered in her own writing, while Miranda exclusively reveals how she originally intended the novel to end. Plus, what about this book made Fearne say it was the ‘one of the hottest, sexiest things’ she’d ever read...? Thank you to Canongate Books for the use of All Fours audiobook, read by Miranda July.   Listen to Book Club Meets: Gillian Anderson   Listen to Book Club Meets: Patric Gagne   Listen to Book Club Meets: Holly Gramazio   Listen to Book Club Meets: Sofie Hagen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A panic attack can feel like you’re dying from a heart attack; this is something former Little Mix member Perrie Edwards has experienced numerous times over the last few years.   In this chat, Perrie talks about how her anxiety feels like her adult is ‘going offline’, leaving the child in her crying for help, and Fearne shares how she’s managed to stop having panic attacks (for now, at least).   You might be good at advocating for the people you love, but how good are you at advocating for yourself and your own needs? Possibly a bit rubbish? Perrie explains how she’s got better at speaking her mind, as well as getting emotional about how important friendships are to her.   Plus, why do Fearne and Perrie both reckon the term ‘hands-on dad’ can fuck right off...?   Perrie’s new single, You Go Your Way, is out now.   If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:   Jesy Nelson   Leigh-Anne Pinnock   Poppy Delbridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.