Laura Whitmore: How Wilson Phillips Changed Everything

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This week, Laura Whitmore joined Jarlath to discuss her new book No One Can Change Your Life Except For You. More than a memoir, it’s a book filled with exceptional advice on how to live your best life and take charge of your own story. Laura speaks about the pitfalls of modern life, the phenomenon of expectations and her delicate treatment of writing about past relationships. From her jaw-dropping Meg Mathews story to the damage of comparing yourself to others, the challenge she faces with privacy, her excitement about becoming a mother and much more, this is a truly enlightening conversation with one of Ireland's most successful women in the media. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	In case you missed it, we have brought back the crack every Friday night with the Irishman
0:08.4	Abroad Online Comedy Club during lockdown with guests like Jessica Foskew, Phil Wang,
0:14.2	Ardle O'Hanlon, Jen Brister, and many, many more.
0:17.3	We bring you a gig into your living room on a Friday night and all the profits
0:23.1	go to frontline charities. We also admit frontline workers for free. Are you a frontline worker?
0:28.3	Are you one of those people? One of those heroes? Go to return of the crack.com for details.
0:34.8	Well, Laura Whitmore has been a friend of the Irishman Abroad podcast almost since the
0:39.9	very beginning when I recorded with her in the MTV Studios in Camden nearly eight years ago.
0:46.3	Since then, she's gone on to become one of the most recognized faces on TV here and at home,
0:53.1	hosting massive TV shows, her own BBC radio show and a brilliant
0:57.2	podcast of her own. But her book out this weekend, no one can change your life except for you,
1:04.0	is going to be a bestseller. Not only does it reveal some of the struggles she's gone through
1:10.0	and never spoken about along the way on the journey, but it also, it's some of the struggles she's gone through and never spoken about along the way on the journey.
1:13.2	But it also, it's kind of a self-activation manual for anyone, male or female, who feels like they are powerless in their life right now.
1:24.5	I know we've all felt like that at times.
1:26.9	Needless to say, I loved it. And I would
1:30.2	recommend it to anyone out there feeling like this difficult period has no end. It also ties in
1:36.5	nicely with our chosen charity partner, jigsaw.a.e, who are helping young people back in Ireland
1:42.2	struggling to cope with the mental strain of the pandemic.
1:45.4	Why not take a quick look there at their info,
1:48.7	at their resources on jigsaw.e or recommend them to a friend.
1:53.7	My friend and coach Sanya O'Sullivan
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