Hello and welcome back to Happy Place. I'm Furncotton and it feels so good to be back with you after a very long, very dark winter.

So hello and look there's no one better to start this series with than the woman whose voice just feels like the warmest of hugs.

It's Priyanka Chopra Jonas.

You know it was great to take that breath and I think I kind of really liked it.

So now when I have those relentless schedules I'm kind of craving it.

You know I would like to build when you go back to normal you know time with family and friends because it was such a silver lining to be able to have you know my family to be at home to feel protected.

I had a lot of gratitude for that.

Lockdown forcing us to slow down has given us all time for a bit of cathartic self-reflection but Priyanka ever the overachiever as I learned during our chat has taken that to the extreme by using the time to write a brilliant thoughtful and exciting to read memoir unfinished about the experiences that have made her calm and confident and the woman she is today.

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