Rio & Kate Ferdinand

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

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

4.6 • 15.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to be a stepparent? Following their hit BBC One documentary, Kate Ferdinand is joined by husband Rio to talk about the fallout from making the programme, diving deeper into their story of loss, love... and building a new family together.

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0:00.0	This week we take time to reflect on and send love to Caroline Flaxe, family and loved ones.
0:09.3	This utterly devastating news has rocked us all.
0:13.2	Praise and love and so much kindness needed.
0:19.8	If you have been hit hard by the news as of course many people have,
0:25.1	remember there's always someone to reach out to.
0:27.6	You can text or call the Samaritans on double 1 6 1 2 3.
0:32.5	Okay. Now it's time for the show which we recorded earlier on in the week.
0:39.0	Happy Monday to you. This is Happy Place. I'm Fern Cotton and well this feels like a real treat.
0:47.8	Today we're off to meet former England footballer Ryo Ferdinand and his amazing wife Kate.
0:54.3	I just thought I'm nice it's going to be okay I'll manage it and I get through everything.
0:58.6	I didn't really think of the dynamics that go with it even moving in this house,
1:04.7	chouring and the kids knocking the door and you've got no clothes on.
1:06.9	Just mad stuff that I didn't even think about. I think it's only when I moved in and I thought
1:12.0	wow this is hard there's a lot there's a lot to think about.
1:15.7	Now there's lots to unpack in this episode but then you don't subscribe to hear easy conversations
1:21.0	do you? We'll be on our way to meet the Ferdinand shortly.
1:27.0	We're messy we're complicated and we're all more vulnerable that we'd ever like to imagine.
1:32.6	At Self-Space we know that no one is exempt from life, substance, and doubts but we also know that
1:37.8	therapy helps us navigate them and we've been starting it super easy. We match you with a therapist
1:44.0	who's right for you, then you book sessions where and when you want them in person or online
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1:59.2	For this episode of Happy Place we partnered with Heritage by Julox. Heritage Velvet Mat has a
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