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Happy Place

Jordan Stephens

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

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

4.615.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Time, money, and attention turned out to be a difficult combination for Jordan Stephens to cope with at the height of his Rizzle Kicks fame. In this chat with Fearne, Jordan opens up about his social anxiety, body dysmorphia, and the way he used to self-medicate ADHD. They also discuss when anger can be an incredibly useful emotion, and discover they have a shared core fear of getting things wrong.


Jordan’s children’s book, The Missing Piece, is out on August 18th.



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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Happy Place, the show that gets to know the authentic you.

0:07.0

I'm Fern Cotton and today I'm chatting to an old mate of mine, it's Jordan Stevens.

0:11.8

If you were to look at particular goals or achievements in your life as games, if you're

0:15.5

to approach it as a game then at least you'll know when that game's complete and then

0:18.5

you know that you're setting another game.

0:20.1

I've had a total complex about Rizzle Kicks because there was a point where I was so wanting

0:25.2

to be this idea of myself that I'd created that I'd almost forgotten completely what I'd

0:30.1

achieved and then I have to just accept the reality that I achieved all my goals.

0:34.6

I completed the music game in a year.

0:37.2

We had a platinum album that's all I ever wanted but I'd never let myself just go well

0:41.0

done you've completed that game.

0:42.6

Jordan shot to fame as one half of Rizzle Kicks in 2011 but overnight success isn't always

0:48.4

when it's cracked up to be.

0:49.9

As Jordan discovered when he started turning to drugs to quiet an anxious noisy mind.

0:56.1

What Jordan's experiences have given him is real compassion for understanding why people

1:02.0

engage in hedonism and substance abuse.

1:05.7

He's incredibly self-aware about the work he had to do and continues to do to make sure

1:11.1

he's living as healthy a life as possible both physically and mentally.

1:16.9

One of the biggest shifts seems to have been in how he measures and acknowledges success.

1:21.4

He used to be constantly chasing after a missing piece that might just make him a whole

1:26.9

person.

1:27.9

For you it might be the house, the job, the partner, whatever it is but he's learned

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