Happy Place

Nafessa Williams, an actress known for Cameron Cook in Rivals and for activist-minded roles, talks about navigating sex scenes with choreography and protection. She reflects on playing a Black woman in 1980s Britain and using acting as activism. She also shares rituals like meditation, manifestation, and the balance between hustle and rest.

Shauna Tiffany, a play therapist and founder of Lighthouse Therapy Hub who grew up in care and now helps children and families through creative play, talks about using play therapy to reduce shame and rewire the brain. She discusses building her practice, balancing new motherhood with opportunity, and how practical support from The King’s Trust helped turn ideas into reality.

Nicole LePera, clinical psychologist and author known as The Holistic Psychologist, explores how childhood patterns shape adult coping. She discusses reparenting your inner child using simple practices, why the nervous system prefers familiar but harmful habits, and practical body-based tools to notice and calm anxiety and panic. Expect candid tips on radical honesty, shame, and small daily practices that build regulation.

Emlyn Rees, author and co-writer who uses music-driven time travel, and Josie Lloyd, co-writer exploring long-term love and nostalgia. They chat about using mixtapes as a time device, plotting alternate relationship timelines, the messy truths of parenting, and the practical joys and tensions of writing together.

Emma Grede, entrepreneur and co-founder of Good American and Skims exec, talks female ambition and leadership. She discusses why ambition needs discomfort and saying no. Conversations cover money, emotional hygiene, visibility at work, parenting without performative guilt, and why people-pleasing and leading don’t mix.

Liz Earle, broadcaster and healthy aging author of How To Age, shares her midlife reinvention from perimenopausal exhaustion to thriving in her 60s. She talks about protecting cellular health, the power of morning light and circadian rhythm, practical sleep and strength-training tips, and simple lifestyle shifts that make aging joyful and resilient.

Philippa Perry, British psychotherapist and author of parenting and mental health books, explains why the nagging inner voice is often habit not truth. She suggests naming that critic, describes simple self-therapy practices, and explores shame, phone-driven disconnection, creativity blocks, and how practice and presence help rebuild confidence and relationships.

Conversations about midlife as a return to your teenage self. Reclaiming creative passions and prioritising friendships after parenting. The comfort of morning routines and coffee rituals. Examples of positive masculinity in everyday life. The realities of single parenting while working full time. Hormones, tears, and breathwork making feelings louder.

Bryony Gordon, author and mental health advocate who writes candidly about OCD, addiction and eating disorders. She explores how people pleasing underpinned her OCD, alcoholism and disordered eating. They discuss fawn responses, perimenopause as a turning point, stepping into confidence, body image, rejecting diet culture, and the freedom of refusing crumbs.

There’s way too much pressure on reaching a definitive state of happiness, and it’s just not realistic, so Fearne’s dropping into your feed every week for some chat about what’s making her feel great, and what’s making her feel completely crap.This is the cosy corner where there’s no judgement allowed! All of us can explore what’s been on our minds, what’s been getting us down, inspiring us, and making us laugh. Want to join the chat? Send us a voicenote, DM, or comment on Instagram @happyplaceofficial!In this chat, Fearne covers:-Why she’s decided to present some TV again-How to get back into something you haven’t done in ages-The importance of seeking out good news when the world gets too heavy-What singing – karaoke or in a choir, whatever you like – does for your nervous system-The difference between the hands of town men and countryside men and why this is relevant when you get a flat tyre-AI slop and how to trust what you see online-How much women will spend on period products in their lifetime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.