The Good Girl rebellion: How to stop caring if you’re likeable
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The Good Girl rebellion: How to stop caring if you’re likeable

Fearne’s been thinking a lot lately about how much of her life she’s spent people pleasing as a result of wanting to be liked. So today, how to break free from the ‘good girl’ your family, friends, colleagues, and society expect you to be...


In this episode –


-Louise Redknapp clarifies why being described as ‘nice’ isn’t a compliment and how she’s gone about making people see her as a multi-faceted human


-Paloma Faith pinpoints the ways women make themselves smaller in order to make others feel more comfortable


-Sophie Ellis-Bextor explains how she’s learnt to navigate mum guilt while not minimising the importance of her career


-Natasha Bedingfield talks about the powerful effects of physically speaking your truth and voicing your needs


-Afua Hirsch reflects on how colonisation in her native country Ghana has affected her notions of what it means to be good, pure woman


-Florence Given explores not letting outside opinion dictate who you are and how to stop feeling the need to defend or explain yourself


-Dawn French waxes lyrical about the joy of getting things wrong and embracing imperfection


-Emily Atack explains how online abuse almost broke her, but ultimately strengthened her resolve to be an even bolder version of herself


Listen to the full episodes here –


Louise Redknapp


Paloma Faith


Sophie Ellis Bextor


Natasha Bedingfield


Afua Hirsch


Florence Given


Dawn French


Emily Atack

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