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You Come First with Megan Barton-Hanson

Prioritising mental health with Adwoa Aboah

You Come First with Megan Barton-Hanson

Entale Feeds

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.9633 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode I speak to model and founder Adwoa Aboah. Adwoa chats to me about why she set up the amazing online resource and forum, Gurls Talk, that allows young women and girls to discuss mental health, anxiety, body image, loneliness and sexuality. We also talk about Adwoa's modelling career and what prompted her into invest more time in looking after her mental health through therapy.

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0:00.0

Welcome to You Come First with me, Megan Barton Hanson. You may know me from the 2018 series of Love Island.

0:13.0

Since before Love Island, I've always had a passion for women's rights and interests. So I'm here to tell you everything you need to know when it comes to putting yourself

0:21.3

first, whether that being a relationship in the bedroom, your career or your mental health.

0:27.1

I've called in friends from around the world for an intimate, unfiltered conversation that will

0:31.9

change your life forever. The reason I started this podcast is because since I've used my

0:37.2

platform to speak so openly,

0:39.4

I've had so many of you contact me on social media and even stop me in the street asking me to do a podcast.

0:45.4

So now we really can get down and dirty and discuss the most important things that just aren't talked about enough.

0:52.7

Expect lots of laughter, a few tears and for the penny to finally drop as we discuss the

0:57.8

most taboo and private topics, helping you focus on the fact that you come first.

1:04.1

So today I'm super excited to be talking to Adjua Abba, supermodel activist and founder of

1:10.2

Girls Talk, an amazing community-led

1:12.8

non-profit dedicated to promoting the mental health and wellbeing of adolescent girls and young

1:18.0

women. Thank you so much for coming on today. I've been such a big fan of yours and I think the first

1:24.7

time we met, I was like so starstruck. I got my manager to come over and be like oh my god can you get a selfie but I don't

1:30.4

want to ask was it was it and it was that the rim or no sorry

1:35.2

Revlon it was that the Reblon thing wasn't it yeah at the makeup event and you look

1:40.4

stunning you had your blonde hair your pink. I've still got the picture now.

1:44.4

I look absolutely awful in it, but I'm like, I have to keep it for memories.

1:48.1

No, that's so funny, because I was so starstruck, because obviously Love Island had been going on.

1:53.8

I've been like watching it religiously, and it was just kind of, yeah, I was such a fan girl as well.

2:00.0

So it's funny that you were nervous

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