Dawn O'Porter on choosing love, building resilience, and finding a new path

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🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Today, we're joined by an author and presenter who proves that passion, resilience and drive can get you over life's hardest hurdles - even when some look insurmountable: it's the fabulous Dawn O'Porter!

After a really tough childhood brightened by the beauty surrounding her, Dawn's career has taken her to both sides of the Pond as an accomplished TV presenter, journalist and now hugely successful author. We chat about the highs and lows of that journey, how she found the love of her life on the dance floor of her 30th birthday and how moving back to the UK from Los Angeles has put her life back in technicolour. Plus, we even manage to stumble on some blog entries from her late 20s - to Dawn's horror/surprise!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Helen Louise, colleague at Astre Brombra. And if like me, you need to fill up those
0:04.0	cupboards again, we've got loads of rollbacks on big brand household essentials. That's right, Helen
0:08.5	Louise. Like this 24 pack of Cushel's Simply Soft toilet roll from £11.98 to £8 £8 £3.65
0:16.0	£5 £0.Koll £0. £3.25 £0. £3.000 £2 £2 £2 £3.29 to £2.48. I need to stock up now. That's good on his value.
0:23.1	That's ASDA price.
0:24.6	Selected stores subject to availability may exclude ASDA Express and small stores.
0:28.4	See ASDA.com slash small stores.
0:30.2	This message is for listeners aged 21 and over who use nicotine.
0:33.8	Fumi contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive substance.
0:36.9	Finally here, Fumi nicotine pouches have landed in the UK,
0:40.8	a smoke-free, tobacco-free way to experience nicotine.
0:44.1	Just place it under your lip and take a moment.
0:46.6	Fumi delivers bold flavours with style and simplicity,
0:49.6	a space to be tuned in.
0:51.4	Limited launch offer available at hayyp.com.
0:59.0	This episode is sponsored by Go Henry.
1:02.8	Summer's here.
1:04.1	Tell the weather that, will you?
1:05.6	Which means the school holidays are here,
1:07.7	which means that parents will inevitably be pestered endlessly by their children for money to spend on, well, you name it.
1:17.3	It's like clockwork. We hear the chime of an ice cream band pulling up outside and the kids are in through the door with their hands out.
1:23.4	Mom, can I have one? Across the course of the holidays. And yeah, I've been that parent, but also that child in that situation.
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