Hello, I'm Gemma and welcome to Good Influence.

This is the podcast where each week you and I meet a guest will help us pay attention to something we should know about as well as answer some of your questions.

This week we're talking about anxiety and life online.

How social media has changed in the last decade, the pros and cons of speaking openly about

mental health, and how we're all at least a little bit nosy when it comes to other people's

lives.

So joining me this week is Zoe Sugg. Zoe is a vlogger,

influencer, author and businesswoman and you might know her better as

Zoella.

Zoe was one of the original

YouTubers and has been making and sharing content online for the past 12 years.

She's amassed over 25 million followers on subscribers across

YouTube and social media platforms.

Seri spoken openly about her own experience of anxiety and panic attacks online for years now,

including as an ambassador for the charity Mind,

and more recently helped to establish the Digital Detox Day event, encouraging people to

evaluate their relationship with social media and its effects on mental health.

I'm really worried that Nala's going to be snoring through this whole thing.

I keep nudging her to be like, stop snoring.

I mean, so if you hear it, please let me know and I'll just give her a little nudge.

But I feel like having a few dog snores on it's fine by me.

I think you were talking about anxiety and mental health online before the conversation had kind of become

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