Finding Balance with Fearne Cotton: 'I Oscillate Between Feeling Brilliant and Awful'

Update: 2025-07-22

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The wonderful Fearne Cotton joins us to share her experience of balancing wellness, burnout and boundaries - along with the emotional toll of creating content every week for seven years.

We talk:

• Burnout and the myth of balance
• What it takes to run a podcast every week
• Fearne’s personal wellness rituals
• The power of saying no

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Finding Balance with Fearne Cotton: 'I Oscillate Between Feeling Brilliant and Awful'

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Finding Balance with Fearne Cotton: 'I Oscillate Between Feeling Brilliant and Awful'

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Finding Balance with Fearne Cotton: 'I Oscillate Between Feeling Brilliant and Awful'