S3 Ruby Wax: ‘We live in a society where the thoughts never shut down’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Elis and John are joined by comedian and entertainer Ruby Wax, who shares her mental health journey and how mindfulness strategies have helped her cope. This episode contains strong language that some people might find offensive. Details of organisations that can provide help and support on some of the issues raised in this episode or the rest of the series are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	BBC Five Live.
0:06.6	How do you cope with Ellis James and John Robbins?
0:11.6	Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode three
0:13.7	of How do you cope with Ellis and John.
0:15.7	And this week we're talking to comedian, author,
0:17.8	and presenter Ruby Wax about her sort of life in self-help
0:22.2	and her qualifications in mindfulness
0:24.3	about the frazzled cafes she runs.
0:26.5	And she sort of was one of the first entertainers
0:28.9	to really be advocating for more discussion
0:31.8	about mental health.
0:33.3	And it was really fascinating to chat to her, wasn't it?
0:36.0	Yeah, and it was a strange one for me personally
0:38.1	because I have such vivid memories
0:39.9	of watching her on telegrown.
0:41.5	I mean, some of my earliest comic memories
0:44.7	or memories of TV comedy involved Ruby Wax.
0:47.9	So she did things like script edited,
0:49.9	absolutely fabulous, which is a program I absolutely adored.
0:53.7	And she's had such a fascinating life.
0:56.8	She's had such an incredible career as a comedian
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