A couple of weeks ago, through the powers of technology, I chatted to fellow podcaster, bestselling author of Open, member of the Saturdays and presenter Frankie Bridge.

Frankie and I talk about her TikTok sessions with husband Wayne, who is, by the way, pretty skilled at it, as well as how she deals with

mum guilt and, like the rest of us, can find herself negatively comparing herself to others

in social media.

We also chat about why Frankie's bandmate Molly was her first guest on her own podcast,

Open Mind.

Her dream guest, Prince Harry, and Megan Markle, and we get a rundown of her podcast recommendations.

Everything from murder to music pods.

It's all there.

This was such a pleasure to record.

Frankie's openness, so refreshing, and I really hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

So now, let's get Castaway with Frankie Bridge.

Frankie Bridge, welcome to Castaway.

Thank you.

How are you doing?

This is strange because normally when I do these podcasts, I can see the person opposite me and now I'm doing it from my home and I'm assuming you're in your home.

Yeah, I'm sat in the bedroom right at the top as far away as possible for my kids.

So that it's nice and quiet.

And I'm sat on the floor with the microphone on a plastic box. The glamour. I think last week when they started talking about lockdown and everything, I thought, I'm still going to get dressed every

day. And even when I'm doing things and people don't see me, I'm still going to make an effort.

I am in my pajamas right now and I don't care.

Yeah, same. What's the point? What is the point? I'm like, I'm going to be still making an effort every day. I think that lasted two to three days and I thought, no, unless you can see my face. Yeah, I don't even make an effort at home anyway in normal life. And I was like, oh, everyone's putting makeup on and stuff.

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