Fearne Cotton: THIS Is How To Build Confidence & Set Yourself Free

I wanted to be liked and I wanted people to think I was interesting and so I had to pretend. And the voice in my head, this ego, kept saying I'm a piece of shit. That I still really have a problem with and I've got to get better at when you're in that headspace not much makes sense anymore and you have to start questioning everything. Otherwise you just get stuck. The new path that I've forged, which isn't necessarily as mainstream and isn't as shiny or celebrated or whatever, but I can be

Truly me. And there's room to move and there's room to change. It feels liberating. To me, she's the definition of authenticity. And she absolutely exudes self awareness and wisdom. Because she spent the last ten, twenty years Understanding herself.

She went through this remarkable journey of entering the public spotlight at just 15 years old, where she started working on TV. And up until her thirties, where she worked on BBC's Radio One, she remained front and center in British media. But behind the scenes Something else was going on. Feeling like she wasn't being true to herself and she was living someone else's life. Like she was wearing a mask.

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