You will make mistakes, loads of them.

And that is fine.

Actually, it's great, as it's where all the learning is done.

Just remember, so is everyone else.

It may feel like everyone is nailing life, but all humans without exception are making tons of mistakes.

Hello, I'm Holly Tucker, and welcome to Letters to my younger self, a beloved part of conversations of inspiration.

I wanted to bring you poignant moments from the many years of recording this podcast

which has changed my life,

drawing on the gracious vulnerability of my guests where we can absorb what I believe are some of life's biggest learnings.

This micro podcast is brought to you by Royal Mail, a business who understands the power of a simple letter.

Today we step into the world of the completely wonderful Fern Cotton, a woman I admire immensely and one I'm privileged to call a friend.

And of course being such a wonderful writer, her letter to her younger self comes straight from

the heart and I thought when listening that perhaps it's the

letter we might all write to our younger selves.

When the road ahead is unknown, Fern's advice is to embrace her positivity and optimism. The ourselves, however uneasy that makes us feel. But as Fern will testify, it's the very best way

we can all keep our hopes and dreams alive.

Dear Young Fern, I think I'm supposed to be writing to you to give you sage advice as I'm now a

grown up who is supposed to know everything, But I actually look at you and see mostly just freedom.

I see someone who cared much less about what others thought of her than the 37 year old holding the pen today.

I see someone who is wildly optimistic and such a big dreamer.

Luckily I am still a big dreamer but often the worry and panic mitigates the hope.

You are pure hope. That doesn't mean it always worked out for you but you certainly hold on to that pure unadulterated excitement

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