James Arthur

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

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

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Practicing being present has been huge in helping James Arthur manage his anxiety and panic attacks. He’s sold 30 million records worldwide, but with incredible success and adoration comes scrutiny and judgement. In this chat with Fearne, James shares how he handles outside opinion, and what he’s been learning about how trauma during his formative years still affects him now.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Happy Place. I'm Fern Cotton and this is the place where we can
0:06.4	realise we're all human, we're all flawed and none of us really know what we're doing.
0:11.5	We're doing our best and that's okay. Today I'm meeting James Arthur.
0:16.4	Interestingly my anxiety on my panic attacks had never occurred whilst performing being
0:22.6	on stage. I guess when I perform and when I'm singing there's no time to think to catastrophise
0:29.3	or think irrationally about things that I'm present in those moments. So for it to happen to me
0:35.2	when I was on stage was just absolutely wild. James is sold over 30 million records worldwide,
0:41.5	absolutely astounding numbers. He spends his days writing and performing number one songs but he
0:47.4	also spends his day actively navigating anxiety and the fear of impending panic attacks.
0:52.9	It was really useful to hear what coping mechanisms he's developed and share a few of mine too.
1:01.8	This Christmas discovered the Whitney Houston story you never knew.
1:08.2	From the writer Bohemian Rhapsody. This is what they want.
1:10.9	America's sweetheart. You won't give a door. Just watch me.
1:14.2	I want to dance with somebody only in cinemas now.
1:23.6	This episode is sponsored by more than insurance. They partnered with Dogs for Good,
1:29.8	a charity that brings people and dogs together to make life possible. In just two years more than
1:35.8	have sponsored a number of dogs for good puppies and together they provided support to hundreds of
1:41.6	families and individuals affected by disability, dementia, autism and other conditions. Isn't that
1:48.4	just so amazing? I know firsthand that it is so so important to have a support system around you
1:54.3	and that's exactly what dogs for good are providing. That's honestly all I can hope for happy
1:59.6	place to do too. I think there's so much power in listening to other people's stories. You might
2:06.4	realize you're not alone if you've been going through something similar and I know for sure that
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