“Outrageous, saucy behaviour!” What’s going down in Fearne’s WhatsApp groups?
6/18/20269 min
What’s been going on for you this week? What are you happy about, and what’s making you not so happy? Fearne’s here with more chat about what’s putting her, Team Happy Place team, and you lot in a good mood, and what’s feeling a bit heavier.
This is our space to explore what’s been on our minds. Want to join the chat? Send us a voicenote, DM, or comment on Instagram @happyplaceofficial!
In this chat, Fearne explores:
-The joyful chaos of the girls’ WhatsApp group
-Taking time to chill before a big life change
-Why it feels so good putting the washing out in the garden
-The time she unfortunately became a bit of a kn*b after red wine
-Tiredness messing with your day
-Worrying about things you can’t control
-How to speak more kindly to your body
-The rage she feels at the Instagram algorithm
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsFearne Cotton· Host0:00
Well, hello there. I'm Fern Cotton, and this is Happy Place. And in these episodes, what we like to do is look at the things that are making all of us feel great, putting us in our happy place, and the things that are, quite frankly, not, so making us feel terrible. That's what we are chatting about again today. I'm gonna start with one of my likes, and it is WhatsApp groups, but only the good ones. The school WhatsApp group, eh, eh, that's in the bin. Uh, there's too many. I'm on about eight school WhatsApp groups. But the fun one, my favorite WhatsApp group is [laughs] me and my girlfriends from school, who are still the best of mates. There's seven of us. You've heard me more than likely talk about them previously. That WhatsApp group alone has the propensity to shift a whole day in the right direction. So last night, I had very flippantly mentioned that everybody... 'cause we were all having a shit time, and I just said, "If you want cheering up, watch the Kylie Minogue documentary," because it is pure '80s nostalgia. We were all little kids in the '80s. So for instance, Scott and Charlene's wedding in Neighbors was probably the biggest event of our childhoods. Nobody missed it. Everybody watched Neighbors. Millions of people in the '80s were watching Neighbors 'cause we had, like, four channels, and it was such a cultural moment. And then we were all members of the Kylie Fan Club. We used to get, like, pin badges in the post. But this documentary is so good if you haven't seen it. That's another of my