About this episode
<p>Is your lifestyle in need of a spring clean? Maybe now’s the moment to pivot your career, pick up healthier habits, or embrace a new life you wouldn’t have chosen, but now need to make the best of?</p><br><p>In this episode, Fearne reflects on the Happy Place episodes that’ll give you a bit of a push – or a bit of inspiration – to get you making that fresh start you’ve been thinking about for ages...</p><br><p>In this episode you’ll hear from –</p><br><p>-Poet Donna Ashworth on making a slow, organic career change later in life, and re-finding who you really want to be under the crap that real life shovels on top of you</p><br><p>-TV personality Mille Mackintosh on giving up alcohol and acknowledging the big moment when you realise something needs to change</p><p> </p><p>-Author Raynor Winn on being forced into a huge lifestyle change by factors out of your control, and choosing to make the best of a bad situation</p><p> </p><p>-Musician Shania Twain on how illness can change you, and how to come back stronger after a huge setback</p><p> </p><p>-Musician Kesha on rethinking and embracing a different side of your character, so your personality reflects who you really are, not who others want you to be</p><p> </p><p>-Charlotte Church on her career change from singer to healer, and how ceremony can help move you into a lifestyle re-birth</p><p> </p><p>If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/24cb47" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to stick two fingers up to beauty standards</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2351d0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to laugh when you’ve been to hell and back</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/288e7a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saying no: more boundaries, less people pleasing</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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