Happy Place – Mother’s Day Special

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

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

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Why can it feel more difficult to talk about mental health with the people you’re related to? In this Mother’s Day special of Happy Place, Fearne and her mum Lin explore their shared ancestry, wondering how much of who they are and what they feel is down to nature, and how much is nurture.

In this chat, Fearne hears about her maternal grandmother, who she’s always known suffered mentally, but has only recently learnt more of the details from her own mum. They also touch on how Lin inspired Fearne’s connection to spirituality and the idea that there’s something bigger at play in the universe.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Fern Cotton and this is Happy Place. Today I've got something a bit special for you.
0:08.0	It's Mother's Day so I'm joined by my mum, Linda Cotton.
0:14.0	You do think dark thoughts and what have you and you just think why? Why is that there?
0:20.0	It would take a lot to unravel it but in a simple way I just own it and I don't question it.
0:26.0	You know, you can't be all hunky-dory all the time, everything's absolutely wonderful. You know, light and dark, light and shade.
0:34.0	I was quite nervous before recording this episode of The Podcast.
0:38.0	I think like most people it's kind of awkward to talk on a really personal level to family members.
0:44.0	It's kind of weird isn't it?
0:46.0	Considering that I spend so much of my time talking to, well, often strangers about their mental health in depth.
0:55.0	It's a totally different kettle of fish when it's someone that you know very well.
1:01.0	But I thought it would be not only interesting but an important thing to do.
1:06.0	And maybe me having a chat with my mum today will inspire you to do the same with either your mum, if you've got a mum or someone in your life that you love very much or someone you're very close to,
1:17.0	that you haven't had a big juicy chat with before. My mum's mental health has definitely been up and down over the years and it's something that I've been aware of.
1:27.0	And I've also been aware of how that's affected me.
1:31.0	And I've also been curious to learn more about my maternal grandmother who I know suffered mentally but I don't really know why or how.
1:42.0	So these are all things that I want to talk to my mum about today and hopefully she's up for it.
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