Hello and welcome to Happy Place. I'm Fern Cotton and this is the show that shares

knowledge so we can all look after ourselves better. Today I'm chatting to

Adele Roberts. I'm not only grateful for having a stoma for saving my life,

but also it helped me have a better relationship with my body.

I feel bad that I've been so down on myself all these years,

almost not appreciating what I had I always felt odd I always

felt like I didn't look how I should having the stoma it almost helped me

disassociate from my body in the sense that I could look at it as this amazing thing that I'd been given by the universe to keep me alive.

Like I have the privilege of living in this body. This body has kept me alive. This body has survived

cancer. Adele is an award-winning DJ, broadcaster, and now marathon runner.

In October 2021, Adele was diagnosed with bowel cancer, and in the months that followed,

she alongside her partner Kate publicly shared the challenges of chemotherapy and life with a stoma, which is affectionately named Audrey.

Just 18 months later, she ran across the finish line of the London Marathon, setting a new

Guinness world record as the fastest

female with an illyostomy. Absolutely phenomenal. She also, by the way, had

literally the worst night just before up at all hours with Audrey

misbehaving and you'll hear that story in this chat she's written a bloody

brilliant book called Personal Best it's part memoir and part self-help and I really think it's going to be such a useful compass for so many people navigating life's biggest challenges. In this case, Adels was cancer, but the mindset she's learnt is applicable to so many situations.

This chat with Adele feels really important.

She doesn't shy away from the details in her story. It's vital

that we know the symptoms of bowel cancer. It's vital that we understand the

reality of going through chemo and it's vital that we can see from

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