I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudette. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to slow more. My guest today is a British journalist, best-selling author and the speaker.

Helen Russell was formerly the editor of Marie Claire dot Coeur

dot UK. She worked as a correspondent for the Guardian and wrote a longstanding column for the telegraph.

She now writes for magazines and newspapers around the world,

but I feel she's focused a lot more on publishing new books at a very, very fast rate.

Helen's first book was an international bestseller,

the year of living Danishly, uncovering the secrets of the world's happiest country.

I wonder actually if Denmark is the world's happiest country, truly so, that definitely is a topic that I intend to talk to her about today.

She is also the author of two more non-fiction titles, Lee Pierre and The Atlas of Happiness,

and her debut novel, Gunn Viking, was published in 2018 as a result

of a very interesting and unique experience.

I think we will have a wonderful enlightening and light conversation today.

You seem to be a writing machine, like seven years is it since your first book? I wrote it in 2013 it came out in 2015.

Okay so in five years you have five books out. Yes. What is wrong with me? Tell me openly. No, well I had a bit of a burnout.

2018 I had two books out and that was too much which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone but I wanted it for so long I wanted books

and babies was all I ever wanted and I think I could have either and then I got both

and I was so grateful so yeah that's, yeah.

How do you write? Teach me. I mean, forget the podcast now. They may be listening to us.

But seriously, so I followed your story. And so you were constantly writing even when before you

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