"Get comfortable with people not liking you!" Florence Given on embracing the cringe

About this episode

<p>Do you cringe at other people’s joy? Author and illustrator Florence Given reckons cringing at others is telling you something about how you feel about yourself...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this chat Fearne and Florence get into how to really start living unapologetically as your full delicious self. Cringing at others might be showing you’re a bit pissed off that someone else is able to do something you want permission to.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Florence explains how anxiety from being bullied at school kick-started her questioning everything the world was telling her. Why do I have to be ‘pretty’? Why am I ‘too much’? Why do I care about being liked?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can’t let other people shrink your self-expression; Florence talks Fearne through how to not take comments and opinions personally. Plus, why resting feels like such a radical thing to do...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Florence’s book, Women Living Deliciously, is out now.</p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>If you liked this episode of Happy Place, you might also like:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/245bab" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paloma Faith</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/18355c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beverley Knight</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/da9e1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caitlin Moran</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>