LIFE’S SWEETER W TAKE IT EASY ON
Fearne Cotton has struggled with depression and she finds that it’s the little things that matter when it comes to keeping on an even keel
FROM PAGE 25 freelance career that spans working on radio, doing her Happy Place podcast and writing books can take its toll. She said: “I’m looking to stop being so hard on myself. Sometimes we set ourselves up for a fall with, ‘Oh I’ve got to quit this and I really shouldn’t be doing that any more.’ “I’m trying to concentrate on the little things, like waking up each day and feeling grateful, or trying to have a more optimistic outlook. “Small changes are the easiest to achieve and they can make a big difference.” Since quitting Radio 1 in 2015 after a decade as a DJ, Fearne has become an uber mum – writing cook books and self-help books, Calm: Working through Life’s Daily Stresses to Find a Peaceful Centre and Happy: Finding Joy in Every Day and Letting Go of Perfect. Mental health is very much in the public eye and Fearne, who also suffers from crippling anxiety at times, is an advocate of mindfulness – a technique to bring you into the present to help you become more self-aware and calmer.
She likes it because it’s not about huge changes.
Fearne said: “Mindfulness is all about the little changes.
“There’s no climbing a mountain or instantly taking a great leap. All good changes are small ones.
“There can be big life-changing impactful moments like going travelling, or having a baby, but the ones that we make, conscious decisions, on each day are small.
“Incremental steps are best to feel calmer, happier, more grounded and content – each day just taking stock, looking around you, appreciating the simple things, having gratitude.
“It’s tiny, little things that add up to make a whole. They are also going to last you in the long run.”
Fearne is married to Jesse Wood, 42, son of Rolling Stone Ronnie. They have two kids, son Rex, who turns six on Thursday, and daughter Honey, three. She’s also stepmum to his two children from his first marriage.
They met in 2012 and married two years later and Fearne doesn’t paint a picture of domestic bliss.
Last month, she admitted the past year had been difficult as he had been on the road with his band Reef and they ended up having a screaming row in a park.
It shows there can be difficult times and she reckons many of us are going back to basics to find peace in a world of screens and confusion.
Fearne, who left Celebrity Juice last year, said: “This means acts like getting outside, getting air, appreciating colours, how we feel in the moment an reaction to things arou
“When we’re staring phones, we forget to s of the sky, the sunlight pavement and even th the walls. It’s so obviou something many of us
Which brings us to for this interview.
Fearne has been wo Dulux to highlight the colour has in the hom right behind the choic Honey as their Colour Year 2019.
Fearne said: “It’s a v optimistic colour. It m feel cheerful, hopeful. always so busy, it help keep looking forward.
“To have a colour th power is quite special name, too. My daught Honey and I chose it b has sensory connotati
A homebody at hea reckons colour is the q to make a change in y
Her family live in a V home in London whic wall art, colourful furn stripped wooden floor
She said: “What’s ke
When we’re staring at our phones, we forget the blue of the sky, the light hitting the pavement