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Hello and welcome to Women with Balls, where I, Katie Balls, speak to today's Trailblazers.

My guest today has what you could describe as a varied career. She first came to

prominence in the 80s for her comedy, as one of the cast of girls on top, and later a script editor

for Absolutely Fabulous. Then her interviews, which included memorable encounters with Madonna,

Fergie and Donald Trump. Lee's day she's best known for her work on mental health and mindfulness,

latter of which she has a master's in from Oxford University. News of her experiences with mental

health first arrived in the 90s when she fronted a comic relief campaign with posters of her that read

one in five people have Dandruff, one and four people have mental health problems i've had both the britts

currently stuck at home indefinitely she has returned to the fore with the frazzled forums for those who need

someone to talk to during their self-isolation my guest today is ruby wax thank you for joining me today

ruby well you're joining me remotely, but before we

begin, I think we should probably point out in terms of disclaimer that we do know each other

pretty well. Had it not been for coronavirus, in about a week's time, you would be my mother-in-law.

People are going to think, like, this is candy camera. But that is on hold because just cannot get married these days.

So instead, I've roped you into being a guest on my podcast.

That's second best.

And how do you know I don't like that better?

Well, yeah.

We'll see if the wedding even happens at this right.

Fingers crossed.

So on this podcast, we like to begin by rewinding the hands of time to what you were doing

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