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Happy Place

Sweaty Betty special: Victoria Pendleton & Sophie Everard

Happy Place

Fearne Cotton

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

4.715.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Why do we have best friends? And what part do they play in finding our happy place?

In this special bonus episode of Happy Place, Olympian track cyclist Victoria Pendleton and her BFF Sophie Everard discuss with Fearne their friendship and what it means to them.

Triggers: reference to eating disorders, depression

Thanks to our sponsors, Sweaty Betty, for arranging this interview with their brand ambassadors. Find out more about their amazing activewear, and - for one week more - get an exclusive special offer when you visit sweatybetty.com/happyplace


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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to this special end of season finale to happy place.

0:06.0

I'm Fern Cotton and today we have something a little different as we talk about friendship

0:11.0

with Olympian track cyclist Victoria Pendleton and her best mate Sophie Everard.

0:17.0

Sophie's like, oh I'm exhausted, I'm going to go and do this and I'm like, no, you don't do this.

0:21.0

You need to look after yourself and she's the same with me.

0:24.0

I can't believe we've made almost 40 episodes so far and we've yet to talk about the importance of friendship in our lives and on our mental health.

0:33.0

So here's a chance to rectify that for best friends everywhere.

0:40.0

News of the global climate crisis can leave us feeling helpless.

0:44.0

Too much negativity can trigger our eco anxiety,

0:47.0

leaving us paralyzed when we need to act.

0:50.0

This is why EONNEXT is in search of better news to power up for change.

0:55.0

Did you know last year renewable power saved 230 million tons of CO2 emissions?

1:01.0

That's the equivalent of taking more than 49 million petrol powered cars off the road for a year.

1:07.0

If you're feeling impacted by eco anxiety, EONNEXT have created a range of resources such as green noise soundscapes.

1:15.0

Just search power up for change in your podcasting app.

1:21.0

For this episode of Happy Place, we partnered with Heritage by Julox.

1:26.0

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

1:35.0

Available in a beautifully timeless colour palette that allows us to fill our homes with whichever rich feelings we please.

1:44.0

I've got a pot of an utterly gorgeous rich shade called Deep Ultra Marine right here.

1:53.0

Do you know the Lapis Lezouli Stone?

1:57.0

It's like that a completely hypnotic blue that reminds me of just how much I feel mesmerised whenever I buy the sea on the South Coast.

2:08.0

It's got that gorgeous seaside feel to it, that deep sea feel to it.

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