ON BODY IMAGE… With Martine Wright and Paloma Faith

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Body image is a common theme on How to Fail. It’s something everyone at some point has either struggled with personally, or knows someone who has. We hear from Paloma Faith on the topic - she speaks about being thrown out of ballet school aged 10, because she showed signs of becoming curvy, and that wasn’t the correct body for a ballet dancer. Then we go to a part of my conversation with the incredible British sitting volleyball player, Martine Wright. Martine lost both of her legs in the 7/7 London bombings in 2005 and speaks so eloquently about how she actually wouldn’t change anything. She is now a mother, a wife, a charity ambassador, certified pilot and the recipient of an MBE. I hope this episode offers comfort to anyone who’s ever struggled with body image and acts as a reminder that there’s beauty in every version of ourselves. Listen to Martine Wright’s full episode of How to Fail here: https://play.megaphone.fm/c1ou6g8zq3ankh8y2boutg Listen to Paloma Faith’s full episode of How to Fail here: https://play.megaphone.fm/zl1lqe-ht3mcpkqkbuo9ha 🔗 LINKS + MENTIONS: www.martinewright.co.uk Elizabeth’s Substack: https://theelizabethday.substack.com/ Join the How To Fail community: https://howtofail.supportingcast.fm/#content 💌 LOVE THIS EPISODE? Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts Leave a 5⭐ review – it helps more people discover these stories 👋 Follow How To Fail & Elizabeth: Instagram: @howtofailpod @elizabday TikTok: @howtofailpod @elizabday Website: www.elizabethday.org Have a failure you’re trying to work through for Elizabeth to discuss? Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Life's been full on lately in the best possible way. I've just wrapped up a world-win national
0:05.2	tour for my latest book. And while it's been an incredible experience, it's also been kind of
0:10.2	exhausting. And honestly, I know I'm not alone and feeling like there just aren't enough
0:14.8	hours in the day. Between work, family, friends and the general chaos of being an adult,
0:20.4	even finding time to eat
0:21.8	properly can feel like a luxury. That's where Uber Eats steps in, because let's be real,
0:28.8	adulting is a lot. Uber Eats gives me one fewer thing to worry about. It's fast, easy, and means
0:35.6	you can actually enjoy a moment of calm, even if it's just
0:38.9	flopping on the sofa in peace. So next time you're feeling like you've done just enough,
0:44.0	let Uber Eats take care of the rest. When you've done enough, order some food on Uber Eats.
0:50.3	How to Fail is partnering with Bumble to bring your second chance love stories to life.
0:56.3	Hear how this happy couple hit it off after they met on Bumble.
1:00.2	So I wanted to tell you about meeting my handsome partner because we met in an app.
1:05.8	It was actually quite funny because it was kind of live at first sight actually. So kind of weird really how much the world
1:14.5	has found its rhythm with meeting people that maybe your paths would never cross in a normal life,
1:21.7	even though me and my now boyfriend only live 15 minutes drive away, but had never come across each other. So I highly
1:29.3	recommend anyone looking for love to get themselves out there and I love the podcast. Love that.
1:35.2	Do you have a love story to share? We want to hear from you. Send a brief voice note to How to Fail at
1:41.8	Sonymusic.com and tell us about the moments that made your journey
1:46.0	unforgettable. We want to share it on How to Fail. Hello there. I'm diving into the back
1:52.9	catalogue bringing you moments of insight, laughter and truth from past guests. These themed
1:58.8	How to Fail episodes are a chance to reflect on the universal experiences
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