Rachel Stevens: Self-worth, worrying, and S Club whirlwinds

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Do you have the confidence to speak up and say “no”? Rachel Stevens has learnt it’s ok to stand up for yourself and have a voice.

In this chat with Fearne – live from the Happy Place Festival – Rachel talks about how emotions are messy, and they’re better spoken out loud imperfectly than not at all.

They also chat about the early years of S Club 7; the band gave Rachel safety and structure when she needed to escape from a difficult family life. But over time it wore down her autonomy and independence; she explains how she found her voice so that you can too.

Plus, are you a worrier? Fearne and Rachel both share what they’re anxious about every single day.

Rachel’s book, Finding My Voice, is out now.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Happy Place with me Fern Cotton.
0:05.0	Today we are live from the Happy Place Festival in Chisic with Rachel Stevens.
0:11.0	I don't ever remember like I do with my girls talking about I want to hear their voice
0:14.8	I want to hear how they feel I want to know their opinions and we didn't have that
0:18.8	been growing up in my family and a lot of attention was put on the outside the exterior how we looked how we looked
0:26.8	from the outside I grew up feeling like I had to be perfect and everything had to be
0:31.4	controlled and you know when feelings are very messy now Rachel is someone I used to see a
0:37.2	hell of a lot back in the day I'm talking unbelievably 20 years ago or something like that when she was obviously one seventh of the iconic S Club 7 and they'd all come onto various TV shows that I presented.
0:50.8	In fact in this chat she tells the wildly bizarre story of how she was discovered
0:56.1	for the band. Anyway, Rachel was the first guest to join me on the talk stage at our Chisic festival
1:02.4	a couple of weeks ago.
1:04.0	It was nine o'clock in the morning and the tent was already absolutely packed
1:08.2	with all of you gorgeous lot wanting to hear from her.
1:11.0	I suspect many of the audience felt like they grew up with Rachel just like me.
1:15.3	The thing is, I'm not sure we ever got the chance to know the real people underneath the pop star gloss of the 90s and noughties.
1:23.2	It was the glossiest time for pop stars ever,
1:26.0	which is why Rachel's written her memoir,
1:28.3	it's called Finding My Voice.
1:30.3	She's got so much to say about how her self-worth got tied up in her appearance,
1:34.8	about being a warrior, same babes, and about working through the grief of losing
1:41.4	bandmate Paul just as they were all about to head back out on tour.
1:45.2	You're going to completely adore this.
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