11. Jo Malone: Make lemonade

The Joe Wicks Podcast

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Joe Wicks wants to know: What’s the one thing that makes life better? Joe loves finding ways to boost his mental and physical health, so he’s asking some of his inspiring mates about their secret to physical and mental happiness. Whether it’s a high-intensity cycle, a freezing cold shower or a good long dog-walk, every guest will share the one thing that works for them. Jo Malone built her perfume empire from very humble beginnings: some big plastic tubs, a kitchen table, and a dream. With no money but buckets of self belief, she managed to build a fragrance brand recognisable around the world. Then tragedy hit, in the form of a terrifying diagnosis of terminal cancer. With only months to live, Jo was forced to stand down from the company she loved, and fight for her life. Many years later, miraculously cancer free and back to her best, Jo started the whole process again. Back at the kitchen table, surrounded by jars and bottles, Jo founded her second fragrance company, Jo Loves. This is the story of a woman who doesn't give up, and believes in the power of dreams to pull you through the darkest of times. Joe and Jo chat entrepreneurship, parenthood, and learning to be grateful for the small things. Summer holiday’s been postponed and you’re feeling down? Forget about it. This is sunshine in a podcast. Joe Wicks is here for you, and he won’t stop until you’re fit and happy. Producer: Emily Knight Editor: Dimitri Houtart A BBC Audio Bristol production for Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hi everyone, Joe Wicks here, I'm back with another episode of my podcast. I hope you've been with me through the whole series so far, but if you haven't and you're new to the show, this is the place where I get to explore something I'm really fascinated by, physical and mental health. So far I've met loads of really
0:24.3	interesting people and I've been collecting some awesome tips and tricks for how to
0:27.8	stay on top of life and feel great. In this episode I'm talking to a woman who is an absolute inspiration. If you know anything at all about scent and perfume, you'll know the name Joe Malone.
0:40.0	She set up her own fragrance business, built it from the ground up from her kitchen in London and
0:44.4	went on to grow this huge global brand with Joe Malone London and she still had that drive and determination
0:51.4	and passion to want to go and do it again.
0:53.0	She's launched Joe Loves, which is another perfume brand.
0:55.0	Even now during lockdown, she talks about how she's used this time
0:58.0	not to sit around and feel sorry for herself.
1:00.0	She's used to be creative and have ideas.
1:02.0	And so she's just a serial entrepreneur
1:04.1	that is truly driven not by profit but by passion.
1:10.1	She told me all about what it takes to be an entrepreneur and succeed and I just find her whole attitude to life so inspiring and even when she battled through cancer she remained positive and I just love her outlook on life.
1:20.4	She is incredible and this is a really great conversation so I hope you
1:23.8	enjoy the episode and thanks again for listening.
1:27.0	So Joe I just want to start by saying a massive thank you for finding time to come
1:32.1	and speak to him on the Joix podcast.
1:34.3	How have you been during lockdown?
1:35.3	How has life been for you over in London?
1:37.3	Listen, it's been tough for everybody, hasn't it?
1:40.0	I mean, everybody has had to rethink their life and and my husband is very very high risk so we went into lockdown almost three weeks before everybody else
1:49.5	so we've been living within these four walls which you know it has been hard sometimes and
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