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

Happy Place with Fearne Cotton

Friday, 30 May 2025 - 45 minutes

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 herselfListen to the full episodes here –Louise RedknappPaloma FaithSophie Ellis BextorNatasha BedingfieldAfua HirschFlorence GivenDawn FrenchEmily Atack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.