![]() ![]() The book explores the importance of practising self care on your own terms, not what the beauty industry tells you - something Anita knows a lot about after 15 years in the industry. My guest this week is Anita Bhagwandas, an award winning beauty director, and more recently the author of Ugly: Giving Us Back Our Beauty Standards, a book that examines the damaging impact of narrow beauty ideals and serves as a brilliant manifesto towards a more inclusive attitude. Visit /alonement to learn more and quote ALONEMENT at check-out for £100 off your first Show more ![]() Flash Pack is a travel company that offers boutique group adventures for solo travellers in their 30s and 40s. Thank you so much to Flash Pack for sponsoring this season of the podcast. You can also order my book, Alonement: How To Be Alone and Absolutely Own It, which is based on this very podcast, now from Amazon and Waterstones. You can order Abigail Bergstrom’s book, What a Shame, now from Amazon and Waterstones. During our conversation, we discussed among other things the importance of turning up as your ‘best self’ for alonement (i.e not completely hungover or tired – because you wouldn’t turn up like that for a date!) the role that alone time plays in emotional healing plus, why despite being a lover of solitude Abigail will never be taking herself off to a cabin in the woods – and feels a little bit miffed when her boyfriend goes for solo breaks in a log cabin. I can testify to loving Abigail’s book so much I read the whole thing in one sitting, over the course of an evening. It is a beautifully-written story which explores everything from heartbreak and healing to the occult. More recently, at the beginning of this year, Abigail published her own debut novel, titled What A Shame. My guest is Abigail Bergstrom, the literary agent behind some of the biggest bestselling books in the past few years. This week’s episode is the second of two live recordings I did back to back at Kings Place in London – which was recorded in front of an audience. Welcome to the tenth and final episode of season 6.
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