Hello there and welcome to Happy Place, the show that gets under the skin of some truly

inspirational people and see what helps them unwind, refresh and just stay in a good place

really. I'm Fern Cotton and today we travel back to Manchester for the second chat we

recorded at the Happy Place Festival last month. And this week it's with the founding

leader of the Women's Equality Party, a brilliant mate of mine and all round good egg,

Sophie Walker. I think once you tune into your anger and channel it, it tells you a lot.

It is communicating stuff to you and you have to listen. Now if you've never heard of

Sophie before, this is a great place to start. Get ready, she is incredible. In 2018, Vogue

named her a new suffragette for her work promoting a modern and what she calls hopeful feminism.

For this episode of Happy Place, we partnered with Heritage by Julux. Heritage Velvet Matt

has a luxury, soft touch paint finish that stands up to the demands of a busy modern home.

Available in a beautifully timeless colour palette that allows us to fill our homes with

whichever rich feelings we please. I've got a pot of an utterly gorgeous rich shade called

Deep Ultra Marine right here. Do you know the Lapis Lezouli Stone? It's like that. A completely

hypnotic balloon that reminds me of just how much I feel mesmerised whenever I buy the

sea on the south coast. It's got that gorgeous seaside feel to it, that deep sea feel to it.

Whenever I buy the sea, I feel just so much calmer. My nervous system, my physical body,

just everything slows down a bit and feels less edgy. That means my thoughts stop racing.

They're just at a slower pace and I feel like I can just manage with everything that bit better.

The sea has a huge effect on me. It will probably come as no surprise to you that I've got

options. I mean, they're going to paint my bedroom in this colour or my little tiny office where I

write and do all of my Happy Place emails, etc. So I think a deep ultra marine could really bring a

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