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Happy Place

Freya Ridings

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.615.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Fresh from her Happy Place Virtual Festival performance, Freya talks to Fearne about her difficult school days, her unconventional approach to learning piano and the importance she places on writing her own songs.

Discover the full Happy Place Festival line-up - all for free - at happyplacefestival.com

This series of Happy Place is supported by Happiful - to discover their magazine or if you're looking for online counselling support in your area, head to happiful.com/happyplace



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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happy Place. I'm Fern Cotton and today as we approach the start of the

0:07.5

Happy Place Virtual Festival 2020 we catch up with one of our brilliant guests of the festival

0:14.0

it's Freya Riding's. I never felt good at anything like most of the time you're like you know

0:19.5

you call only her friends or you're really like academic and you're nerdy. I was neither and I was

0:23.6

like ah this is bad like I need to find something that I can do pretty soon and when I've sat down

0:29.7

on the piano even like learning piano they were like you have to be able to read the music. I

0:34.7

still to this day can't read the music. If you found yourself struggling to find your place in the

0:39.9

world if you feel out of your depth this chat is the kind of pick me up that you need today. Freya

0:46.7

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0:55.8

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1:20.4

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1:37.9

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