BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts Hi everyone, Joe Wicks here, I'm back with

another episode of my podcast from BBC Radio 4. I hope you've been with me throughout

the whole series so far, but if you're new to the show, this is the place where I get

to explore what I'm really fascinated by, physical and mental health. So far I've met loads

of really interesting people, and have been collecting tips for feeling great and staying

on top of life. This week I'm speaking to one of the most successful writers in Britain

today, who also happens to be very funny. She's written seven books including How to Be

a Woman, which has sold over a million copies, How to Build a Girl, which has been adapted

into a film, and more than a woman which came out in 2020. Katla Moran was born in a

council estate in Wolverhampton, and has gone on to become globally famous for her writing.

She found a moment in her busy week to talk to me about her story, from being a published

novelist at 16 years old, to fulfilling her childhood dream of being a star columnist

with a regular paycheck. She also opened up about her struggles with anxiety, and the things

that have got her through some difficult times. I really hope you enjoyed this conversation

as much as I did. Here we go. Good morning Katlin, it's so lovely to see you. How's your

morning going so far? Pretty good, yeah. Well I'm glad you're having a good start today,

it's really lovely to talk to you, and I think your childhood and your experiences

and how you share content and write about that kind of experience is amazing, so I'm

really looking forward to it. I think there's a lot of things I can relate to as well

in your writing, but before we start, I want to quickly talk about two tweets that you

wrote about me, because it's so lovely, and not many people are kind on Twitter, and

there's two tweets you wrote. First, I was in 2021, you said, Joe Wicks has such a kind

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