S2 Ep2: The Making Of Bryony Gordon - Addiction, Rehab, Motherhood & Mental Health

Welcome to the second series of The Making of... from The Female Lead Our guest this week is the writer and campaigner Bryony Gordon.  As well as her weekly column for the Telegraph, Bryony is a prolific author - writing six books in the last seven years. These memoirs are funny and painful explorations of mental health and addiction, and her most recent book No Such Thing as Normal is a practical guide for those struggling to cope Bryony is a passionate mental health campaigner and in 2016 she founded Mental Health Mates - a network of peer support groups.  In 2017 she started her Mad World podcast, where Prince Harry chose to give his first interview about the mental health problems he has experienced. In our conversation we talked about addiction, rehab, motherhood, mental health, and why it’s good to choose the slightly dull guy.  The two of Bryon’s books we talk about most are: No Such Thing As Normal  (2021) My Glorious Rock Bottom (2020) And this is the excellent mental health support group set up by Bryony: Mental Health Mates  The Making Of is hosted by Bea Appleby. The production is brought to you by The Female Lead. And the whole series is very kindly sponsored by Missoma Make your moments last forever with Missoma and get an exclusive 15% by using MAKE15 now on https://uk.missoma.com/

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What are the moments that shape us? In this podcast from The Female Lead, brilliant women talk about the key moments that have made them who they are. From massive landmarks to simple everyday inspiration - these are the plot points that have steered their stories. We talk about life-changing opportunities, pivotal relationships, crushing disappointments, turning points and words of wisdom that have stuck with them. Each woman has chosen a list of moments herself. Some decisive, some accidental, some lucky, but all show us just how rambling our routes in life can be and all helped make the woman who she is today. This is the first podcast from The Female Lead, a charity founded by Edwina Dunn exploring the factors that limit women’s success and fulfilment. By listening to women and understanding them through research and data we aim to influence businesses and governments in order to drive real change. The Female Lead is passionate about telling women’s stories and that’s what this podcast is all about! The show is hosted by Bea Appleby, Editor of The Female Lead and author of What Is Feminism? Why Do we need it? On radio Bea has been a regular contributor to The Emma Barnett Show on BBC5 Live and BBC Late Night Woman’s Hour. This series is kindly sponsored by Missoma (https://uk.missoma.com/) . Make your moments last forever with Missoma and get an exclusive 15% by using MAKE15 now on https://uk.missoma.com/