“Why are we always rushing?” Slowing down by writing by hand and lying in
Happy Place
Fearne Cotton
4.7 • 15.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
There’s probably a bit too much pressure on reaching a definitive state of happiness isn’t there? It’s not realistic gang! So Fearne’s dropping into your feed every week for some candid chat about what’s making her feel great, and what’s making her feel completely rubbish ...and this episode is brought to you by new original Paramount Plus show The Madison.
This is the cosy little corner where all of us can explore what’s been on our minds, what’s been getting us down, inspiring us, and making us laugh. Want to join the chat? Send us a voicenote, DM, or comment on Instagram @happyplaceofficial!
In this chat, Fearne covers:
-The joy of having a great TV series on the go
-Dreaming of escaping to a hazy golden farm in Montana
-The small but delicious joy of beautiful stationary
-The frustration of waking up too early at the weekend
-The debate about whether to feed foxes or not
-How to toilet train kittens
-The madness of how much we all rush through the day
-BTS of some of the roles on Team Happy Place
Episodes 1-3 of The Madison are available to stream now on Paramount Plus. Episodes 4-6 will be available to stream on 21 March.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm not quite out of hibernation yet. I'm still kind of like a little baby mole appearing from their whole. |
| 0:08.2 | So one day when I'm old and irrelevant, I can look back and go, oh look, I interviewed Alicia Keys and Hillary Clinton. |
| 0:16.2 | And I just kept thinking through the first three episodes, how do I get time off so I can just go to a cabin |
| 0:21.8 | and Montana and roll in the hay? Why are we always rushing? We need a day where we don't rush. Can we all |
| 0:27.7 | promise that we're going to do that soon? Have an anti-rush day. They dine at his back door and then |
| 0:32.9 | shit on my doorstep. Bloody pissing me off that is. Hello guys, it's Fern Cotton here. Welcome to Happy |
| 0:39.5 | Place. I hope that you're all doing okay. Once again, I'm here with a list of things that are |
| 0:45.1 | making me and Team Happy Place feel happy and good and boosted and buzzed. And also, we're chatting |
| 0:52.8 | about what we're putting in the bin. What can piss |
| 0:55.1 | right off. And this episode of Happy Place is brought you by Paramount Plus's brand new show, |
| 1:02.1 | The Madison. Now this is heavily going into my making me feel very happy boxes. |
| 1:10.1 | This show is exactly what I needed. I had a really shit |
| 1:14.3 | Saturday last weekend for various reasons. I was just feeling down in the dumps and I just |
| 1:20.8 | needed a bit of a pick me up and I watched the, I binged the first three episodes of the Madison. |
| 1:27.6 | And it was exactly what I needed. |
| 1:30.5 | Let me run through why I love this show. |
| 1:32.8 | First of all, Michelle Pfeiffer is Queen. |
| 1:34.9 | She's so fantastic in this TV show, alongside Kurt Russell, who plays her husband. |
| 1:41.1 | And it's an actual really heavy female- led cast because I don't want to give anything |
| 1:45.7 | away. What can I say? Kurt Russell is in and out of the show in moments, but it's mainly a female |
| 1:53.4 | heavy cast. And it's just a bevy of brilliant women, incredible actors. In the most stunning scenery. You've either got like |
| 2:02.5 | inner city in New York, sort of like high-end, gorgeous New York, or Montana with these |
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