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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sabrina Dhowre Elba… I thought ‘this is how I’m going to die’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.79.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Spoiler alert: I’m low-key obsessed with this woman. Sabrina Dhowre Elba is a UN Goodwill ambassador, a skincare maven, an actor, producer and all-round good egg. She is, then, *so* much more than some bloke’s wife, but given that the bloke in question is Idris Elba, she’s incredibly understanding when asked questions about how she copes with the attention. She joins me to talk about the boxes we put women in, her failure to work a regular nine-to-five, her struggles with confidence and physical health and her rampant sugar addiction (no, really). We also talk about her feelings of failure around not yet having children, despite familial and societal pressure. It was a really fascinating conversation and I’m so grateful to her for opening up about something that I’m sure many listeners will relate to. As always, I’d LOVE to hear about your failures, no matter how profound, minor or funny they might be. Every week, my guest and I will choose a selection to read out and answer on our special subscription offering, Failing with Friends. We’ll endeavour to give you advice, wisdom, some laughs and much, much more. Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Manager: Lily Hambly Studio Engineer: Gulli Lawrence-Tickle Mix Engineer: Josh Gibbs Producer: Hannah Talbot Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And when you're ready to launch, offer code fail-10 to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Hello and welcome to How to Fail with me Elizabeth Day. On my podcast I discuss my guests failures each

1:25.2

week seeking to understand what obstacles people have overcome and what if

1:30.0

anything they've learned along the way because ultimately our failures are

1:34.5

lessons that help us understand success better. And before we get into my

1:39.7

interview with the fabulous Sabrina Elba, I am so thrilled and delighted to tell you

1:44.7

that you can join us afterwards at failing with friends, my subscriber series

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where we continue our conversation. Every week I'll be going through your failures or questions

1:55.0

with my brilliant guest.

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This week, Sabrina and I go through failures

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