S3, Ep4: Fearne Cotton
The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast
Evanna Lynch
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at vivolife.com.
In this episode, Evy interviews presenter, author, podcaster and mental-health advocate, Fearne Cotton. Fearne, who has presented on British television and radio shows such as Top of the Pops and BBC Radio 1, shares how she discovered vegetarianism in her teens and discusses the exciting evolution of veganism witnessed in the past decade. She also shares her experiences with mental health as an entertainer, and why the topic is at the forefront of everything she does.
While you’re listening, please take a moment to check out the link to our sponsor. Not only are Vivo Life a great, vegan company, but their support also allows us to continue to produce The ChickPeeps for you! We love them and their products and we think you will too.
Also on this episode…
- Fearne shares which guests from her long-running podcast ‘Happy Place’ she would be content to quarantine with.
- Fearne makes a strong case for cats being the best animal which Evy thoroughly encourages.
- The newsround documentary that inspired Fearne and her mother to become vegetarian, and her decision a few years later to fully embrace veganism.
- Fearne talks about the decision to change gears in her career after a difficult couple of years and what inspired her to found Happy Place Podcast.
- The importance of knowing one’s personal boundaries when sharing about mental health struggles.
- Fearne shares the inspiration behind her vegan cookbook, Happy Vegan, and how she manages to get her young kids to eat vegan food.
- (Eating Disorder trigger warning) How her journey to veganism improved her relationship with food and why she doesn’t see a vegan diet as restrictive.
Links:
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Fearne’s books
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Season three of the Chickpeeps podcast is brought to you in association with our friends at Vivo Life. |
| 0:05.0 | We love Vivo Life because not only do they produce the supplements we all take, |
| 0:09.1 | they're also an ethical, sustainable and vegan company. |
| 0:11.9 | They even plant one tree for every order they receive. |
| 0:14.8 | Where do you get your protein from? |
| 0:16.7 | It's one of the most common questions you hear when you go vegan. |
| 0:19.1 | In addition to all of the delicious veggies we eat, |
| 0:21.8 | we get ours from Vivo's Perform Protein Powder. |
| 0:24.9 | I have a scoop in a smoothie every morning |
| 0:26.9 | and I'm sure I get more protein now than I did before I went vegan. |
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