Happy Place

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Release yourself from the male gaze: How to have more orgasms! Jul 25, 2025

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It’s National Orgasm Day on July 31st, so Fearne is listening back to Happy Place conversations about female sexuality, fantasy, and – obviously – orgasms, so that we can reclaim our bodies and desires as our own...

In this episode –

- Crystal Hefner describes what it was like living as a sexualised woman at the Playboy House

-Emily Ratajkowski unpacks how we can remove our sexuality from the male gaze

-Dita Von Teese gives her take on nudity and building confidence in your body

-Gillian Anderson chats about what she learnt from collecting essays on women’s fantasies

-Miranda July explains why she included a particularly taboo fantasy in her novel All Fours

-Florence Bark talks through how to get to know your own anatomy better, so you can properly lean into all that pleasure your body is capable of

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Richard E. Grant: Nigella recommends restaurants to me! Take your holiday food and drink seriously Jul 24, 2025

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Be honest... do you pick your holiday destination based on the food you can eat there? You’re in good company – that’s just what Richard E. Grant does!

Welcome to The Happy Place Guide To Holidays! In this chat – brought to you by British Airways Holidays – Fearne and Richard share their thoughts on how to take your holiday food and drink more seriously, including asking mates (Nigella Lawson, if you’re Richard!) for recommendations, looking for restaurants with small menus, and testing ingredient quality via a Caesar salad starter.

They also get into a heated debate about whether perusing the aisles of a foreign supermarket is the best way, or the worst way, to spend your holiday! And Richard offers to pack Fearne’s suitcase for a very specific reason...

Plus, Richard explores why grieving can make us more likely to notice the little joys in life, as well as wondering if we all need praise and accolades to some extent.

British Airways Holidays are ATOL protected, offer a 24hr holiday helpline, and allow you to book with a low deposit. All holidays include a generous baggage allowance per person. Go to Ba.com/holidays to find out more.

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How Trinny Woodall deals with rejection: Learning from failure and feedback Jul 21, 2025

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Are you more confident in your work life than in your personal life? Or vice versa? Entrepreneur and beauty & fashion icon Trinny Woodall is aware of where she needs to build her own self-worth.

In this chat, Fearne and Trinny explore everything that comes with being the founder and CEO of Trinny London, being brazen enough to back your own ideas to women earning more than their male partners.

Plus, Trinny is candid about her business endeavours that went pretty sideways, and explains how to be direct in asking for feedback without fear of rejection.

Trinny is also open about the huge moments that changed her life, including her time in rehab and dealing with grief.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains frank chat about suicide, so do take care while listening.

In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org.

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Rita Ora: "It's all about what your body needs!" Body confidence starts with self-care Jul 16, 2025

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The size zero trend... the circle of shame... the fad diets... Millennial women who grew up during the 2000s now have the lowest body confidence of any generation, and Rita Ora understands the pressure for women to look a certain way all too well.

In this chat, brought to you by Dove, Fearne and Rita explore the factors that might have influenced their relationships with their bodies over time – from magazines, to catwalks, to so-called health hacks.

As part of Dove’s Self Esteem Project, Fearne and Rita chat about how to focus more on how your body feels, than how it looks. Millennial women are 1.3x more likely to define self-care as working on their appearance, so, how can we create self-care routines that really listen to what our individual bodies need to be strong and energised instead? Rita also opens up about how she manages the anxiety that comes from her internal chatter.

If you want more support, Dove has created a journal full of body confidence exercises to help in building better awareness about our internalized beauty belief systems that might be more harmful to you than helpful. You can find it at dove.com/why2k.

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Life doesn’t end at 40! How to live well for longer, with Dr Jenna Macciochi Jul 14, 2025

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Hit midlife? What do you want to do with the second part of your life? Immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi wonders that despite living longer now, we’re not necessarily living as healthily or as fully as possible during that time.

In this chat with Fearne, Jenna talks through how we can keep our bodies as resilient as possible as we age, so we have the strength to properly embrace the fun parts, and better cope with the shit parts.

Jenna breaks down the science of immunity and its relationship with ageing, but there’s no mad biohacking here, just simple advice to make sure your body is a comfortable home to live in: we’re talking food to support your gut microbiome, oral hygiene, and reducing stress. Plus, there’s chat about how your social life is affecting your immune system! (Spoiler – you’ve got an excuse to hang out with your mates more!)

Jenna’s book, Immune To Age: The Game Changing Science of Immune Health, is out now.

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Tess Daly: “I’m rubbish at switching off!” Take your holiday wellness seriously Jul 10, 2025

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How good are you at switching off on holiday? Are you even any good at taking a proper holiday in the first place? Broadcaster Tess Daly reckons wellness is being physically and mentally able to turn up for everything in life that demands your time... And that includes prioritising time off from a busy schedule!

Welcome to The Happy Place Guide To Holidays! In this chat – brought to you by British Airways Holidays – Fearne and Tess share their advice on how to take your holiday wellbeing more seriously, including making lists ahead of time, locking your phone away, having your feet rubbed, and eating delicious local bread and desserts.

Plus, Tess reveals Strictly’s contingency plan for if things go wrong on the dancefloor, and the incredibly sweet vow renewal husband Vernon Kay organised for her…

British Airways Holidays are ATOL protected, offer a 24hr holiday helpline, and allow you to book with a low deposit. All holidays include a generous baggage allowance per person. Go to Ba.com/holidays to find out more.

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Dita Von Teese: “You don’t look like a Playboy girl!” How to value your unique differences Jul 07, 2025

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Do you find stripping and nudity empowering or degrading? Burlesque performer Dita Von Teese says feminism is about respecting each other’s choices, even if they wouldn’t be your own.

In this chat with Fearne, Dita charts her life from working in strip clubs in the 90s, to performing in sold out burlesque shows now. Painfully shy as a kid, Dita explains how turning herself into a femme fatale helped her feel confident and powerful in her own skin.

Fearne and Dita talk about the joy of getting older and understanding more about how to handle your sexuality, and Dita reveals how she makes herself feel more sensual if she’s not particularly in the mood...

There’s also advice about how to own your unique look and characteristics, and be more assertive in using your voice.

Dita’s new show, Diamonds and Dust, is on at London’s Emerald Theatre now!

Dita is also returning to the UK’s grand stages in early 2026 with her most enchanting show to date: Nocturnelle.

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Book Club Meets: Sliding doors and the power of a name, with Florence Knapp Jul 04, 2025

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Has your name influenced who you’ve become? Would you have different characteristics, would people react differently to you, would your life have turned out differently, if you had a different name? These are the questions author Florence Knapp grapples with in her book The Names – our Happy Place Book Club read for June.

In this chat, Fearne and Florence share their own experiences of having slightly unusual names, and how they shaped them. Florence also explains the long journey she’s been on to get a novel published, having started writing in the late ‘90s, and wonders that she likes getting lost in fictional worlds because she’s naturally introverted.

Thank you to Phoenix for the use of The Names audiobook, narrated by Dervla Kirwan, and to composer and musician Jeni Saint for the opening music.

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“Feel it, process it, move on!” Mary Earps: How to find gratitude after hardship Jun 30, 2025

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Do you trust your gut to make the best decision for yourself? Former England goalkeeper Mary Earps has had to make some bold, brave choices recently.

In this chat with Fearne, Mary explains how she knew retiring from international football was right for her, and they both explore the importance of having different chapters and challenges in your life.

Having experienced periods of real mental darkness, Mary talks through the practices that now ground her in the present. She also reckons setting life goals might just be setting you up for disappointment. Should we be focusing on progress, instead of perfection? Mary has advice on how to be ok with not being good at everything!

Plus, Mary recalls the euphoric day the Lionesses won the 2022 EUROs, and reflects on the emotional impact it’s had on women across the world.

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Seasons change, so will you: Become the thriving person you want to be Jun 27, 2025

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Fearne is marking the summer solstice by reflecting on the Happy Place episodes that’ll help you connect with nature, mysticism, and in turn, your inner self. It’s time to get back in touch with who we really are deep down underneath all the external, modern-day trappings of busyness, success and material things.

In this episode –

-Kirsty Gallagher talks about living alongside nature’s cycles to help you let go of things that are distressing you

-Jo Bowlby explains why spirituality is the science of exploring your inner world

-Rob Da Bank loves hot and cold practices to help get in touch with patience and a slower pace

-Tara Brach pinpoints how spirituality is able to quieten your inner critic

-Estelle Bingham explores manifesting as a way to uncover your core self

-Poppy Delbridge leads a live tapping session to set intentions for the rest of the year

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