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Happy Place

Happy Place

By: Fearne Cotton
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Fearne Cotton talks to incredible people about life, love, loss, and everything in-between as she reveals what happiness means to them.

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Fearne Cotton 2020
Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • I don’t identify as middle aged! Fearne's talking hormones and single parenting
    Apr 16 2026

    What’s been going on for you this week? What are you happy about, and what’s making you not so happy? Fearne’s here with more chat about what’s putting her, Team Happy Place team, and you lot in a good mood, and what’s feeling a bit heavier.


    This is our space to explore what’s been on our minds. Want to join the chat? Send us a voicenote, DM, or comment on Instagram @happyplaceofficial!


    In this chat, Fearne explores:


    -Whether Instagram quotes are cringe or uplifting


    -Why midlife is about coming back to who you were as a teen


    -Prioritising her friendships


    -The joy of a morning routine


    -Examples of positive masculinity


    -Teenagers’ attitudes unfortunately not being a myth


    -The struggle of being a single parent working full time


    -Picking which jacket to wear for the weather (spoiler: you won’t make the right decision)


    -How good it can be to have a good cry


    -Hormones being a bit of a nightmare

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    12 mins
  • Fearne Cotton answers your dilemmas: mum guilt and doing ‘wellness’ right [Amazon Music Exclusive]
    Apr 14 2026

    Fearne’s answering your dating, professional life, and mental health dilemmas, exclusively on Amazon Music!

    In this episode Fearne covers:

    -Why there’s no ‘right’ way to do wellness

    -How to gently move on from a big break up

    -If you can ever rid yourself of mum guilt after maternity leave

    Want Fearne to answer your dilemma? Slide into our DMs @happyplaceofficial

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    19 mins
  • Bryony Gordon: How people pleasing fuelled my OCD, alcoholism, and eating disorder
    Apr 13 2026

    You’ve heard of fight or flight, but what about fawn – the idea of appeasing others to stay safe? Author and mental health advocate Bryony Gordon thinks there’s a reason so many women feel under pressure to people please.


    In this chat with Fearne, Bryony explores how she feels people pleasing has fuelled parts of her OCD, alcoholism, and eating disorders over the years.


    Fearne and Bryony also chat about body image, and both reveal some of the insecurities that have consumed them... that likely no one else has noticed. Bryony reckons feeling ‘too much’ and ‘not enough’ are two sides of the same coin, and offers advice on how to confidently take up space. (Or, as she puts it: “step into your mother*cking majesty!”)


    Bryony’s novel, People Pleaser, is out now.


    If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:


    Break free from people pleasing


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    Will Poulter

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    1 hr
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Wonderful, insightful, inspiring. Love them and so look forward to them weekly. take so much from them, thank you 😊

Fantastic podcasts so glad I found them, enjoying

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Never listened to Ferne before . listened to Ferne and Will young. Really resonated with the age thing turning 41 and unlearning everything you have ever known through a very difficult period of the mirror of truth being held up to all the toxic beliefs , behaviours , relationships that I dont need anymore. It's so refreshing to hear you and Will discussing dysregulation of the nervous system. And really listening to your gut and intuition. Success , ambition an statues is no longer important to me. My main focus now is forming safe, secure attachments, learning what helps my nervous system and forming a loving , kind relationship to myself even though it's so hard every day with fibromyalgia and complex PTSD. Thank you for reminding me I need to put my nervous system first .

Very insightful and wise

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This was an amazing podcast to listen to ❤ I laughed and cried while listening.

amazing podcast

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Love this podcast it's warm, insightful, enlightening and Fearne approaches the topics with honesty, integrity and curiosity which is so refreshing. Expert guests from a wide range of fields all contribute to educating the listener and getting us talking about and paying attention to our own mental health and well being. Fearne's making the world a better place one podcast at a time.

Life changing

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Whoa! what a great podcast series, Ferne is a fantastic host and asked some great questions bringing out the best in each and every guest .

Inspirational , insightful and full of little gems you can apply to your own life...

Fantastic, a great find to listen to, thank you Ferne .

AN ABSOLUTE MUST LISTEN

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