Bryony Gordon
Happy Place
Fearne Cotton
4.7 • 15.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Running saved Bryony Gordon from herself. After years struggling with alcohol and depression, she found a fresh perspective on the world after slipping on some trainers and... doing the London marathon in her underwear.
The writer and journalist joins Fearne for a chat about how she went from the couch to 5k - and then to 26 miles - whilst still dealing with the huge mental stress of her day-to-day life.
Recorded in front of an intimate, live audience in Babington House, Somerset. Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Fiit. Discover their remarkable FREE workout videos at https://fiit.tv/blogs/get-fiit-with-fearne/
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Happy Place, the podcast where we put some clear water between you and |
| 0:06.3 | your worries by talking about someone else's. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Fern cotton and today we're back on the road as we meet journalist and author and |
| 0:14.6 | my great friend, Brianny Gordon. |
| 0:16.9 | Talking about stuff is the only way you get better from a mental health issue, because |
| 0:21.8 | you know ones ever got better from one by not telling anyone. |
| 0:24.6 | Brianny is one of the seven wonders of the modern world. |
| 0:28.1 | She is absolutely hilarious and also at times very sweary, so this might be one for the headphones, |
| 0:35.3 | but I can't wait for you to hear her. |
| 0:37.4 | For this episode of Happy Place, we partnered with Heritage by Julux. |
| 0:42.4 | Heritage Velvet Mat has a luxury soft touch paint finish that stands up to the demands |
| 0:48.8 | of a busy modern home. |
| 0:51.0 | A lullaby in a beautifully timeless colour palette that allows us to fill our homes |
| 0:56.2 | with whichever rich feelings we please. |
| 0:59.3 | I've got a pot of an utterly gorgeous rich shade called Deep Ultra Marine right here. |
| 1:08.9 | Do you know the Lapis Lezouli Stone? |
| 1:12.6 | It's like that, a completely hypnotic blue that reminds me of just how much I feel |
| 1:20.4 | mesmerised whenever I buy the sea on the South Coast. |
| 1:23.9 | It's got that gorgeous seaside feel to it, that deep sea feel to it. |
| 1:30.4 | Whenever I buy the sea, I feel just so much calmer. |
| 1:36.5 | My nervous system, my physical body, just everything slows down a bit and feels less edgy. |
| 1:42.7 | And that means my thoughts stop racing. |
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