Letter To My Younger Self with Sophie Morgan TV presenter, author & disability activist

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Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this micro-episode, Holly revisits the extraordinary letter Sophie Morgan—TV presenter, author, and disability activist—wrote to her younger self. Sophie shares her powerful story of resilience after a life-altering car accident at 18 left her paralysed, yet propelled her towards a new, vibrant path. Through her letter, she reminds us that the tenacity and strength often labeled as "difficult" are the very qualities that help us overcome life’s toughest moments.

This episode will leave you feeling empowered and inspired to embrace your inner strength, no matter the challenges you face. You’ll take away insights into:

The power of resilience: Learn how Sophie turned adversity into triumph, showing that even life’s hardest moments can lead to a bright and colourful future.
Embracing your true self: Discover why the very traits that others might see as difficult can become your greatest assets.
A new perspective on hardship: Sophie’s wisdom will inspire you to find light in dark times and to keep moving forward, step by step.

This episode is your micro-shot of inspiration, offering a heartfelt reminder that no matter where you are in life, you have everything you need within you to get through it all.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You have everything that you need in you to get through it all.
0:03.6	All that tenacity, all that anger, all that drive that you have,
0:07.8	it will save you.
0:09.0	So don't let anyone tell you that being so difficult is something to be ashamed of, difficult girls like you become
0:16.1	powerful women like me. Hello, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Letters to My Younger Self, a beloved part of conversations of inspiration.
0:31.0	I wanted to bring you poignant moments from the many years of recording this
0:35.4	podcast which has changed my life drawing on the gracious vulnerability of my
0:41.4	guests where we can absorb what I believe are some of life's biggest
0:46.1	learnings. This micro podcast is brought to you by Royal Mail, a business who understands the power of a simple letter.
0:56.6	Today I'm thrilled to be revisiting one of my guests who taught me so much,
1:01.0	the incredible Sophie Morgan, TV presenter, author and disability activist.
1:07.3	In this micro episode, Sophie reads a letter to a younger self, a younger Sophie before her devastating car crash and a girl that had to find
1:16.8	different dreams and plans for her life. What Sophie has experienced and shares over the next few minutes is almost beyond comprehension
1:26.4	and yet she uses her word so eloquently.
1:30.9	Prepare to meet a phenomenal woman living a bright beautiful colourful
1:35.9	colourful life. It's Sophie Morgan.
1:38.3	Well hi it's good to see you again. I try hard not to spend too much time in thought about you, but here we are. So here we go.
1:48.2	I see you there in your tattered school uniform, your tall athletic frame, dressed in the way that you like it, the puffer
1:56.4	jacket, splattered with holes from cigarette burns, snug and in your mind flattering, like the skirt that you've hitched up to the perfect height to hide
2:06.1	some of those absolutely pointless insecurities you have but also to flaunt those strong
2:11.8	powerful legs of yours. I suppose I look at your body first and
2:16.6	foremost as to me it's so beautiful now and I know how little you appreciate it. How does it feel to be in that body though Sophie?
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