Fearne Cotton Instagram – It’s not possible to fit one persons whole life, or what they meant to you, or the huge grief when they’re gone into one tiny square on here, but I will try.
I met this incredible woman @howtoglitteraturd 14 years ago (thanks to the wonderful @red.swan ) and i’m so grateful for every one of those years. I’ve spent all of today looking through so many photos of the brilliant, silly, magical and special times we spent together. When you were with her almost anything was possible. She would have an idea and two minutes later you’d be trying to plan how to bring it to life. She rarely took no for an answer in the best way possible; getting the best musicians out there to play at our charity festival for @coppafeel or convincing others to run marathons with giant boobs strapped to them. She lived fully, more than I’ve ever seen anyone live.
I saw her cry once(I know there were other times with other friends of course), and I’m not saying that to encourage others to hold emotions in, I’m saying it because her magic was to always find another way. She saw small chinks of light as potential and opportunity.
Her face was pure sunshine not only because she was as beautiful as an angel but also because she was kind and caring and vibrant. She asked me to design her a tattoo a few years ago and I’m proud to say a hand drawn trapeze artist sat across the scar on her chest.
We talked about cats for way too long, talked about death (I was way too scared to talk about it before Kris taught me it was not just OK but necessary), ate cake together and sometimes sat in silence. I’m already running out of space here and theres so much more to say.
So here we are, suddenly using words like ‘was’ instead of ‘is’ and pulling memories and photos out of the drawers. There’s so much to celebrate and so much to mourn. I’m mostly thinking of Maren, Kris’ twin. I love you mate. We are all here for you.
This evening I will be lighting a candle for my dear mate who not only touched my life but saved many others. Kris, I love you. ❤️
Fearne Cotton Instagram – It’s not possible to fit one persons whole life, or what they meant to you, or the huge grief when they’re gone into one tiny square on here, but I will try.
I met this incredible woman @howtoglitteraturd 14 years ago (thanks to the wonderful @red.swan ) and i’m so grateful for every one of those years. I’ve spent all of today looking through so many photos of the brilliant, silly, magical and special times we spent together. When you were with her almost anything was possible. She would have an idea and two minutes later you’d be trying to plan how to bring it to life. She rarely took no for an answer in the best way possible; getting the best musicians out there to play at our charity festival for @coppafeel or convincing others to run marathons with giant boobs strapped to them. She lived fully, more than I’ve ever seen anyone live.
I saw her cry once(I know there were other times with other friends of course), and I’m not saying that to encourage others to hold emotions in, I’m saying it because her magic was to always find another way. She saw small chinks of light as potential and opportunity.
Her face was pure sunshine not only because she was as beautiful as an angel but also because she was kind and caring and vibrant. She asked me to design her a tattoo a few years ago and I’m proud to say a hand drawn trapeze artist sat across the scar on her chest.
We talked about cats for way too long, talked about death (I was way too scared to talk about it before Kris taught me it was not just OK but necessary), ate cake together and sometimes sat in silence. I’m already running out of space here and theres so much more to say.
So here we are, suddenly using words like ‘was’ instead of ‘is’ and pulling memories and photos out of the drawers. There’s so much to celebrate and so much to mourn. I’m mostly thinking of Maren, Kris’ twin. I love you mate. We are all here for you.
This evening I will be lighting a candle for my dear mate who not only touched my life but saved many others. Kris, I love you. ❤️
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Day out with aunty Gok. Rex has never been more excited as he got to go Forbidden Planet for the first time. A shop he had been googling for over a year. The photo of his little face pressed up against the window makes my heart sing. We roamed, chatted, got bubble tea and took in the buzz of London in the sun. PLEASE do slide all the way through to the last photo to see @therealgokwan picking up some dog shit. Goky we love you 💞
Yesterday I found myself with a rare clear afternoon. Although my usual reaction would be to use it productively I decided to give myself permission to not work on a podcast episode, write a new book, or reply to my inbox. My husband also happened to have the afternoon free so we decided to be tourists in our own city. Although I have lived in London and it’s suburbs my whole life I rarely mooch about admiring it. Our regular surroundings become so familiar that we simply stop looking. Whenever I’m in New York, or Paris, or anywhere new, I’m all eyes wide with wonder. Everything feels new and exciting and I feel much more alive. Yesterday afternoon @jessejameswood and I wandered without an aim or plan, all through Hyde Park and round back streets I hadn’t seen before. We ate some food, jumped on some Lime bikes and then cycled all around Kensington, spying mews’ I hadn’t seen before, tiny pubs covered in flowers and beautiful homes with the archetecture I normally take for granted. I felt like I was seeing a lot of it for the first time and felt like I was in my early twenties moving through the city without a motive. I mentally visited a time before the burden of responsibly. An age where I only had to really take care of myself and could go anywhere I wanted whenever I wanted. Although I wouldn’t change the level of responsibility I have now, or my set up, it was lovely to park it all for a few hours and feel young and free again. It also made me fall even more in love with London. In the summertime it is truly spectacular. So my advice to you…walk around your familiar surroundings like you’ve not seen it before and if you can, give yourself the time and space to wander without a plan.
Fearne Cotton Instagram – Ignore the fact that I look like a little boiled egg with my hair in a bun here. Been super sick all week with a cold and chest infection. I digress. This week after our group meditation at Union Chapel, one chap who was working at the event asked why there were hardly any men there. We find this at the @happyplaceofficial festival each year too. How can we make you lot (men) feel like this stuff is also for you?
Hey Summer… Thanks for turning up. 🌞🌞🌞🌞
Fearne Cotton Instagram – A day in the life….(minus cleaning up a cat shit under the bunk bed, and other more mundane bits of my day)
1) prepping for todays podcast. Im old school. I use a notepad and a pen. For me its unbeatable. It gives me the opportunity to write, re write and learn the flow of conversation before the actual podcast recording. I also keep all my notepads which I plan to bore my children with one day.
2) producer @anouszkatate at Happy Place Studios cool socks. After a bad nights sleep I needed that messaging.
3) Normal…a bear slumped at a desk in the neighbouring studio.
4) I might be mad but I’ve already started writing a second novel before my first, Scripted has been published. I felt I couldn’t leave this new idea sat for too long.
5) more notepads full of ideas for the new book, the @happyplaceofficial festival and more. At the moment I’m bursting with ideas….which is probably why my sleep has gone to shit again.
Hows your day been?
Fearne Cotton Instagram – A day in the life….(minus cleaning up a cat shit under the bunk bed, and other more mundane bits of my day)
1) prepping for todays podcast. Im old school. I use a notepad and a pen. For me its unbeatable. It gives me the opportunity to write, re write and learn the flow of conversation before the actual podcast recording. I also keep all my notepads which I plan to bore my children with one day.
2) producer @anouszkatate at Happy Place Studios cool socks. After a bad nights sleep I needed that messaging.
3) Normal…a bear slumped at a desk in the neighbouring studio.
4) I might be mad but I’ve already started writing a second novel before my first, Scripted has been published. I felt I couldn’t leave this new idea sat for too long.
5) more notepads full of ideas for the new book, the @happyplaceofficial festival and more. At the moment I’m bursting with ideas….which is probably why my sleep has gone to shit again.
Hows your day been?
Fearne Cotton Instagram – A day in the life….(minus cleaning up a cat shit under the bunk bed, and other more mundane bits of my day)
1) prepping for todays podcast. Im old school. I use a notepad and a pen. For me its unbeatable. It gives me the opportunity to write, re write and learn the flow of conversation before the actual podcast recording. I also keep all my notepads which I plan to bore my children with one day.
2) producer @anouszkatate at Happy Place Studios cool socks. After a bad nights sleep I needed that messaging.
3) Normal…a bear slumped at a desk in the neighbouring studio.
4) I might be mad but I’ve already started writing a second novel before my first, Scripted has been published. I felt I couldn’t leave this new idea sat for too long.
5) more notepads full of ideas for the new book, the @happyplaceofficial festival and more. At the moment I’m bursting with ideas….which is probably why my sleep has gone to shit again.
Hows your day been?
Fearne Cotton Instagram – A day in the life….(minus cleaning up a cat shit under the bunk bed, and other more mundane bits of my day)
1) prepping for todays podcast. Im old school. I use a notepad and a pen. For me its unbeatable. It gives me the opportunity to write, re write and learn the flow of conversation before the actual podcast recording. I also keep all my notepads which I plan to bore my children with one day.
2) producer @anouszkatate at Happy Place Studios cool socks. After a bad nights sleep I needed that messaging.
3) Normal…a bear slumped at a desk in the neighbouring studio.
4) I might be mad but I’ve already started writing a second novel before my first, Scripted has been published. I felt I couldn’t leave this new idea sat for too long.
5) more notepads full of ideas for the new book, the @happyplaceofficial festival and more. At the moment I’m bursting with ideas….which is probably why my sleep has gone to shit again.
Hows your day been?
Would you describe yourself as a workaholic? Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes has an insatiable sense of drive that’s fuelled her iconic career since the 1960s. In this chat with Fearne, @zandra_rhodes_ is honest about how she threw herself into work as a way to cope with things like the death of the love of her life, and her own cancer diagnosis. Zandra is very clear that we need our own sense of creativity, colour, and vibrancy in life. She explains why it’s so vital to have self-belief, and how to make sure you’re not compromising your own values and style for other people. There’s also the story of when Zandra was carted away in a police car for growing marijuana… Zandra’s book, Iconic: My Life in 50 Objects, is out now.
Wellness to me means doing things that I know make me feel balanced, less stressed and more mentally at peace. Practising self-care is something that many of us put to the bottom of the list but when we do make time for it the benefits are huge. The other morning with @nobodyschild was a prime example of just that and a big reminder that we all need to slow down where possible. Together, we gathered our friends to create a moment of stillness. We took part in energy healing and a breathwork class at the incredible Bamford Spa. Tell me your top tips for being more mindful in the comments below 🌿
Wellness to me means doing things that I know make me feel balanced, less stressed and more mentally at peace. Practising self-care is something that many of us put to the bottom of the list but when we do make time for it the benefits are huge. The other morning with @nobodyschild was a prime example of just that and a big reminder that we all need to slow down where possible. Together, we gathered our friends to create a moment of stillness. We took part in energy healing and a breathwork class at the incredible Bamford Spa. Tell me your top tips for being more mindful in the comments below 🌿
Wellness to me means doing things that I know make me feel balanced, less stressed and more mentally at peace. Practising self-care is something that many of us put to the bottom of the list but when we do make time for it the benefits are huge. The other morning with @nobodyschild was a prime example of just that and a big reminder that we all need to slow down where possible. Together, we gathered our friends to create a moment of stillness. We took part in energy healing and a breathwork class at the incredible Bamford Spa. Tell me your top tips for being more mindful in the comments below 🌿
Wellness to me means doing things that I know make me feel balanced, less stressed and more mentally at peace. Practising self-care is something that many of us put to the bottom of the list but when we do make time for it the benefits are huge. The other morning with @nobodyschild was a prime example of just that and a big reminder that we all need to slow down where possible. Together, we gathered our friends to create a moment of stillness. We took part in energy healing and a breathwork class at the incredible Bamford Spa. Tell me your top tips for being more mindful in the comments below 🌿
Wellness to me means doing things that I know make me feel balanced, less stressed and more mentally at peace. Practising self-care is something that many of us put to the bottom of the list but when we do make time for it the benefits are huge. The other morning with @nobodyschild was a prime example of just that and a big reminder that we all need to slow down where possible. Together, we gathered our friends to create a moment of stillness. We took part in energy healing and a breathwork class at the incredible Bamford Spa. Tell me your top tips for being more mindful in the comments below 🌿
Fearne Cotton Instagram – A good life isn’t necessarily a comfortable, easy life. Neuroscientist @tjpower knows that an element of effort and challenge is vital in keeping our minds happy.
In this chat with Fearne, Tj explains why it’s an issue for our mental health that the modern world enables us to get dopamine hits with zero effort. Similarly, he reckons being bored is a really solid antidote to being overstimulated and anxious.
They talk through ways to naturally boost and balance brain chemicals like oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins, using his science-backed DOSE method. Plus, Tj offers tips on how to reinforce positive behaviours and habits rather than dwelling on the shit parts of life. Available to listen now or watch on YouTube 🧠
Tj’s book, The DOSE Effect, will be out later this year.
Fearne Cotton Instagram – Spotted on the London Underground 🚇 Little moments of calm to celebrate Fearne’s latest book Little Things. How have you found peace this week? ✨
