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Poorna Bell (REPLAY): Quit Your Job. Go Travelling.

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This is a replay episode! Poorna Bell is award-winning journalist of 15 years and a digital expert having worked as UK Editor and Global Lifestyle Head for Huffington Post. Her debut non-fiction book Chase The Rainbow came out last year; a moving memoir about how Poorna's life was affected —but not defined—by the suicide of her husband Rob. Poorna's second book In Search Of Silence is out now, all about her deeply personal journey which asks us all to define what 'happiness' truly means to each of us. In this episode, we discuss the inspiration behind this second memoir, her wariness of self-help books, and what she's learned along the way. Since this recording she has also released the brilliant book Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women's Strength which is part memoir, part manifesto. Stronger explores old-fashioned notions and long-held beliefs about getting strong. Hope you enjoy this conversation :)


Check out Poorna's books here: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/poorna-bell



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0:00.7

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0:04.9

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So if you're interested, go to careers.kingfischer.com today to find out more about their tech and digital

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roles. Thank you so much to King Fischer for sponsoring this podcast.

0:57.9

Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. This is a replay episode from 2019 with Perna Bell.

1:04.0

She's an award-winning journalist of over 15 years. She used to work as the UK editor and global

1:09.6

head of lifestyle for Huffington Post, and she's the author of Three Books. Her debut nonfiction was

1:15.7

called Chase the Rainbow, and it's a moving memoir about how Perna's life was affected but not

1:21.1

defined by the subside of her husband, Rob. Perna's second book in search of silences out now,

1:26.8

all about her deeply personal journey, which asks us all to define what happiness means,

1:31.6

what solitude means, and how we go in search of our own journeys. In this episode, we discussed

1:37.2

the inspiration behind this second memoir, her awareness of self-help books, what she's learned

1:42.3

along the way, and since this recording, she's also released another book called Stronger,

1:47.3

Changing everything I know about women's strength. Part memoir, part manifesto,

1:52.5

this book explores old-fashioned notions and long-held beliefs about what getting strong

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