Speak Your Truth: The Sunday Times top ten bestseller

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Fearne Cotton is a tireless seeker of the truth, and a wonderful communicator of sanity, hope, and (most refreshingly of all) reality. This is, simply put, a beautiful book.’ Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic This book is going to help a lot of people.’Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read At the start of 2020, Cotton discovered she was at risk of needing a throat operation, followed by weeks of recovering in silence. L oved it - without judgement, but with a cheeky wink of wisdom, Fearne gives you the tools that she's learned on her own journey.' Skin, Skunk Anansie

During a time where misinformation is spreading faster than ever and people are finding it hard to keep it real, Fearne shows us the power of living in our truth. She has a magical way of making us feel understood through her compelling storytelling, while showing us a path to a more authentic life.' Vex King, author of Good Vibes, Good LifeAs she considered what silence would mean, Fearne began to think about other times her voice had gone unheard - as a young woman, as 'just the talent', as the foil to louder, more dominant figures. She found herself wondering, at what point do we internalise this message, and start silencing ourselves? When do we swallow down our authentic words to become pleasers and compromisers at the cost of our own happiness or wellbeing? Speak Your Truth dives into all the ways we learn to stay quiet for the wrong reasons, and explores how to find your voice, assert yourself and speak out with confidence. In addition to TV Fearne is hugely credible in the music genre. In 2005 she joined Radio 1 where she spent 10 incredible years, initially co-hosting morning shows with Reggie Yates and then moving onto the UK Top 40 show before taking over the prestigious weekday morning slot in 2009; here she mixed big celebrity interviews with exclusive acoustic performances in the Live Lounge. The show attracted over 4 million listeners and in 2012 she won a Sony Gold Award for the show. When do we swallow down our authentic words to become pleasers and compromisers at the cost of our own happiness or wellbeing? Familar to millions, Fearne Cotton's voice is her career, her livelihood and her communication to everyone- whether it's through the television, radio orher 'Happy Place' podcast. I listened to this on Bolinda Audible. Bolinda Audible is an app accessed via a local library membership.

Fearne began to think about other times her voice had gone unheard as a young woman, as 'just the talent', as the foil to louder, more dominant figures. Social conditioning does have a huge part to play in much of this but it is often strength of character that drives the ratio of nature vs nurture. On top of this I think everyone has at least three hats that they wear in life to protect themselves - myself probably ten but I’m not upset with that as those are the people that I need to be for those situations. They are the mostly made up of authentic parts of me, but how much easier would it be to be 100% true to myself all the time… but then what I would I leave to be with my closest and what social boundaries and etiquette would that cross? I quite like rules and structure… L oved it – without judgement, but with a cheeky wink of wisdom, Fearne gives you the tools that she’s learned on her own journey.’ Skin, Skunk Anansie Listening to #SpeakYourTruth as Fearne reads, is like hanging out with a friend and having one of those BIG conversations. The sweeping reassurance & the relief that what you think is happening only in your head, is also occurring in the head of someone else. We need truth talkers more than we ever have right now. Wild, bold, connected truth talkers. Fearne takes our hand and shows us how to be one by treading the wild, vulnerable path first.' Sarah Wilson, author of First, We Make the Beast BeautifulCotton uses personal anecdotes to explain how being speaking your truth doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve been lying, rather that you may have been withholding emotions or actions. One instance is where she replies to a message from a school mum believing it was sent privately when in fact it was part of the ‘WHOLE CLASS group’ chat. Her message read… Wild, bold, connected truth talkers. Fearne takes our hand and shows us how to be one by treading the wild, vulnerable path first.' Sarah Wilson, author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful Fearne Cotton's voice is familiar to millions, whether that's through television, radio or on her hugely successful Happy Place podcast.

In this book Cotton covers a wide range of topics relating to personality, friendship and growth (Instinctive communicating, Inauthenticity, Engaging with experiences) and it was nearly a 5* book that is strong on messages, anecdotes and life learned lessons until…Her warmth, natural interview skills and ability to make presenting live TV seem effortless and has given her the opportunity to present a variety of shows over the years. She has a magical way of making us feel understood through her compelling storytelling, while showing us a path to a more authentic life.' Vex King, author of Good Vibes, Good Life'This book is going to help a lot of people.' Philippa Perry, author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read'Loved it - without judgement, but with a cheeky wink of wisdom, Fearne gives you the tools that she's learned on her own journey.' Skin, Skunk Anansie'We need truth talkers more than we ever have right now.