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Welcome to episode 184 with Dr Louise Newson, who is a G.P, menopause specialist and member of the UK Government’s Menopause Taskforce who has been described as the ‘medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution.’
She is also an award-winning educator and author and regularly appears in the media as an expert in women’s hormone health.
In this episode I chat to Louise about menopause and perimenopause and how they can impact on mental health.
We chat about what the menopause is, signs and symptoms of being menopausal, the hormones involved and what happens both physically and mentally during this process.
And we chat about HRT, misdiagnosis and why it’s common for women to be incorrectly prescribed SSRI’s and the complicated discussion around mental health issues and hormones.
I learned an incredible amount from both this conversation and from reading Louise’s book – The Definitive Guide to Perimenopause and Menopause – and the paper back is out now.
You can follow Louise on social media @menopause_doctor and learn more via her website at www.drlouisenewson.co.uk or www.balance-menopause.com
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Welcome to episode 183 with The Artist Taxi Driver, who is an artist, taxi driver, educator and speaker who is also known as Mark McGowan.
Mark discovered art as part of his mental health recovery when he was an inpatient. He uses the media, activism and mental health to create daily artworks.
Mark’s form of performance art over the years has included eating a swan in protest against royalty and the upper classes, he attempted to cartwheel 60 miles along Brighton beach in protest against diminishing coast lines and he has crawled for sixty miles, with a rose between his teeth, 18 boxes of chocolates tied to him and a sign on his back saying ‘Could You Love Me?’ this was to make people think about those who are alone at Christmas.
In this episode I chat to Mark about performance art and how he got started. We chat about self-expression, addiction, social media, the power of performance and all sorts of other things.
We also chat about the Live Lounge exhibition that Mark is curating at The Bethlem Gallery, what he’s got plans and some of the things happening there between now and July.
You can read more about it here Exhibition: Bethlem Live Lounge - Bethlem Gallery
You can follow Mark on social media @theartisttaxidriver and look at his art work here: TheArtistTaxiDriver - Etsy UK
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Welcome to episode 182 with DJ Paulette, who is a renowned DJ, radio broadcaster and author who has spent more than three decades entertaining crowds all over world and breaking down racial and gender barriers along the way.
She was the first female DJ to hold residency at The Hacienda, playing weekly at the ground-breaking LGBTQ+ club night ‘FLESH’ in the early nighties, and went on to have residencies at Heaven and Ministry of Sound, before serving successful stints in Paris and Ibiza.
In 2022 she was the first woman to win the prestigious DJ Mag Lifetime Achievement Award.
Her debut book ‘Welcome to The Club: The life and lessons of a black woman DJ’ was published earlier this year to huge acclaim.
In this episode I chat to DJ Paulette about the mental health challenges she has faced throughout her life.
We chat about dance music, hedonism and burnout and we chat about breaking down, breaking through, asking for help and just how vital music and community are to mental wellbeing.
You can follow DJ Paulette on social media @dj_paulette1
Her website can be found at https://djpaulette.co.uk/
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Welcome to episode 181 with Amelia Wrighton, who is the co-founder and CEO of Suicide & Co, a charity that is on a mission to support bereaved individuals and open the conversation around suicide-related grief.
Amelia set up Suicide & Co. with Emma Morrisroe after they met at work and realised that they shared the same experience of losing someone to suicide.
The charity provides one-on-one professional support through talking therapies and a Helpline that is staffed by bereavement counsellors as well as providing all sorts of resources and initiatives to spark conversations and encourage conversations around bereavement from suicide.
In this episode I chat to Amelia about her own tragic loss, the impact it had and how that led to eventually setting up this incredible charity.
We chat about some of the complexities around this very specific type of grief, about using the right words, the importance of knowing how to have conversations about suicide related grief.
It was wonderful to chat to Amelia, to hear about the incredible work that her team are doing and learn more about how to have difficult but important conversations.
Learn more about this incredible organisation and access support via their website www.suicideandco.org
Follow on social media @suicideandco
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Welcome to episode 180 with Andrew Jenkins, who is a mental health advocate, speaker and star of the hit BBC series The Traitors.
At the age of 21, Andrew was in a car accident that left him pronounced dead at the side of the road.
He spent 5 weeks in a coma and when he woke up, was told that he might not recognise his family or be able to walk.
The impact that this had on his sense of self, his identity and his life in general would lead to more struggles with mental ill health for the next 20 odd years before Andrew was able to get some help and guidance with his mental state and begin to grieve for the life that he believed he had lost.
In this episode I chat to Andrew about his life growing up in Wales before the crash and the immediate aftermath.
We chat about the impact that this event had on his mental health and why he suffered in silence for so many years.
And we chat about how he got help, got better and how this is driving him to do the work that he does now and the impact that this is all having.
Of course, we chat all about The Traitors and about men’s mental health, grief, building self-awareness, how hard it can be to tell your family that you love them but why it’s so, so important.
Andrew is a lovely guy who is determined to make a real difference in the mental health space and he’s been doing incredible work since being on the tele earlier this year. It was really lovely to chat to him all about it!
Follow him on social media @andrewjenkinsofficial and @strengthinyou.co.uk
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Welcome to episode 179 with Tim Owen, Mike Palmer and Andy Airey, who are collectively known as the 3 Dads Walking!
Tim, Mike & Andy are 3 dads, bereaved by suicide who have been walking in memory of their daughters, Emily, Beth & Sophie.
In 2021 they walked 300 miles between their 3 homes, to highlight the fact that suicide is the biggest killer of young people across the entire UK.
In 2022 they set off again, this time walking 600 miles, between the parliaments of the 4 nations, petitioning the Government to make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum. They collected over 100,000 signatures for this petition, which prompted a debate in the House of Commons and led to them sitting down with the Prime Minster.
Along the way they have raised more than 1 million pounds for PAPYRUS, a UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.
This year, they will be undertaking the Walk of Hope, covering 500 miles and visiting newly opened offices of PAPYRUS all over the U.K, many of which have been setup thanks to the dads’ fundraising efforts.
They also have a book out any minute now, it’s called Three Dads Walking: 300 Miles of Hope and it’s been written up from diary entries that the dads have been writing throughout their adventures.
What The 3 Dads have achieved over the last few years is nothing short of incredible and this episode is both heart breaking and heart walking and everything in between.
It was an honour to chat to Tim, Mike and Andy. They speak so openly and warmly and I found our chat incredibly moving but a lot of fun too!
Follow them on social media @3dadswalking and keep update with this year’s campaign via their website www.3dadswalking.uk
Learn more about the incredible work of PAPYRUS here www.papyrus-uk.org
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Welcome to episode 178 with Hannah Phillips, who is a mother, a runner, a writer, speaker and trainee psychotherapist.
Han is a returning guest and first appeared on Proper Mental back at episode 110.
In that episode we covered her early experiences with OCD, her relationship with alcohol, getting sober and hitting crisis point shortly after.
I reached out to Han to invite her back on for a specific conversation.
For episode 177 I spoke to Joe Griffin who is a psychologist and co-founder of the Human Givens approach to psychotherapy. I was a wonderful conversation and I was very taken both with Joe and the approach to therapy that he co-created.
I wanted to chat to someone who has worked with Human Givens as a therapist and someone who has experienced the other side and received this type of therapy.
Hannah Phillips is both. After coming within hours of taking her own life, Han was referred to a Human Givens therapist and she credits these sessions with both saving, then changing her life. After getting back on her feet, she began training to be a Human Given therapist.
In this episode Hannah and I chat about the therapy that she received and how it helped. We chat about the courses she has been doing and how she is implementing everything that she’s been learning.
We also chat about the work she is doing around men’s mental health in her local community and her upcoming ultramarathon.
Hannah is one of my favourite people and a constant source of inspiration for me. It was wonderful to have her back on the podcast!
Connect with Han on social media @hantherunner and @wonder_ful_women or @tydtalks
Her website is https://hantherunner.co.uk
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Welcome to episode 177 with Joe Griffin, who is a psychologist and co-founder of the Human Givens approach to psychotherapy.
Human Givens is a practical, holistic and scientific approach to therapy that focuses on what individuals need to live mentally healthy and fulfilling lives.
It draws on the latest insights from neuroscience and psychological research, and combines this knowledge with proven therapeutic techniques from a wide range of approaches to provide highly effective interventions.
Joe has many years of experience in both psychotherapeutic practice and in training psychotherapists and in this episode, I chat to him about how he started working in this field and how this work led to the creation of Human Givens.
At the core of the Human Givens framework is the idea that all humans have a set of 9 emotional needs and when these needs aren’t met, it can lead to mental ill health.
Joe and I chat about the 9 emotional needs, what they are and what gets in the way of these needs being met.
We chat about the cycle of depression, the role of metaphor and storytelling in the healing process and about how sleep ties all this together.
If you are interested in exploring the Human Givens further, Joe’s team have provided some resources below:
Emotional needs poster
Emotional resources poster
Information sheet about our approach and training.
Free mental health resources
Identifying what needs are not being met - The Emotional Needs Audit form.
About ENA.
You can learn more via the website www.hgi.org.uk and connect on social media @thehumangivens or @joegriffin_hq
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Welcome to episode 176 with Vince Freeman, a singer and songwriter who is about to release a debut album that has been a decade in the making.
Vince started out by running and playing club shows and regularly racking up 300 gigs a year. He appeared on The Voice in 2012, written multi-million streamer dance tracks, had 5 European Top 10 hits and played at the FA Cup Final and The Royal Albert Hall. He even has a thank you on Ed Sheeran’s debut album.
He’s also experienced mental health issues and spent six years living in chronic pain with a debilitating back issue that required multiple surgeries and threatened his ability to walk and play music.
In this episode, Vince and I chat about his introduction to music and how he started writing songs and we chat about chasing fame, going on the voice, losing several years to a couple of compressed discs and 3 spinal surgeries and the impact these things have had on his mental health along the way.
And we chat about the pandemic forced a temporary career change and how making a coffee and a chance encounter led to his return to music and his debut album which is due out in June.
This is an incredible story of bad luck, resilience, hard work and good karma and it was wonderful to hear all about it. Vince is the loveliest man it is impossible not to root for him!
Connect with him on social media @vincefreemanofficial and keep up to date with the album and the tour via his website https://vincefreeman.com
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Welcome to episode 175 with Allie Bailey, who is an ultrarunner, coach and author.
She was the first woman to run 100 miles across a frozen Lake in Mongolia, has ran the full length of the Panama Canal, crossed the inhospitable Namib Desert three times, and completed a 1,000-mile off-road version of the classic Land’s End to John O’Groats route in just thirty days.
Allie has finished over 200 marathons and ultramarathons in some of the most extreme places in the world and she ran most of them while battling depression and alcoholism.
For many years Allie had a dream career in the music industry, working with major record labels and meeting some of the world’s biggest bands. Throughout this time, she was also struggling with mental illness and alcohol addiction and originally started running to help her mental state.
Running didn’t save Allie but it started to become a big part of her life. After reaching another crisis point in 2021, she was forced to admit the depth of her problems and start to work on getting better.
In this episode I chat to Allie about her relationship with alcohol, how it started, how it helped and how it started to wrong.
We chat about her journey to finding running and how it didn’t save but her did give her the time and space to start making sense of her mental health.
And we chat about recovery and what it looks like for her, the ultrarunning community, the music industry, some of her incredible running challenges and what it was like to revisit some incredibly dark moments to write her book ‘There is No Wall’.
It was awesome to chat to Allie! She has spent so much time working on herself and has an incredible amount of self-awareness, I really took a lot from this episode.
You can find out more about all aspects of Allie’s work on her website here: alliebailey.co.uk and you can connect with her on social media @ab_runs.
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Welcome to episode 174 with Paul Danan, who is an actor and the founder and creator of Morning After Drama (MAD), a theatre company that provides specifically tailored workshops to support people who have experienced trauma, been involved with the criminal justice system, suffered from addiction or experience poor mental health.
Paul shot to fame when he landed a part on Hollyoaks straight out of drama school. He has worked on stage and film productions, featured on several high-profile reality TV shows, hosted a chart-topping podcast and at various times in his life been a tabloid regular.
Over the course of his career, Paul has suffered with mental issues, problems with addiction and had multiple stays in rehab.
In this episode I chat to Paul about setting up MAD, where the idea came from and how they are using acting, improv and community to improve mental health.
We chat about his time on Hollyoaks, his move to LA and the impact that had on his mental state, his love of acting and some of the mental health issues behind his addictions.
And we chat about Paul’s acting career, becoming famous and dealing with rejection and we chat about addiction, going to rehab, self-worth and self-esteem.
You can learn more about MAD at Home | Morning After Drama and follow then on social media @morningafterdrama
You can connect with Paul on social media @pauldanan and @paul_danan_official
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Welcome to episode 173 with Gulwali Passarlay, who is a speaker and campaigner for refugee rights.
Gulwali was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army.
He was smuggled into Iran and spent the next 12 months traveling through Europe. He crossed 10 countries, was put in prison 6 times, endured a desolate month in the camp at Calais and almost drowned at sea before making it to Britain.
When he arrived, the authorities did not believe he was a child of 13 due to his appearance.
Eventually he was fostered, sent to a good school, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012 and he has told his story of life as a refugee in his autobiography: “The Lightless Sky” which is an incredible read.
In this episode I chat to Gulwali about his childhood in Afghanistan before being forced to leave.
We chat about the impact that fleeing a war zone had on his mental health and how the struggles with bureaucracy, isolation and racism added to his mental struggles.
We also chat about how his story is just one of thousands of similar stories and we talk about compassion and understanding and breakdown some of the myths and misunderstandings around refugees and asylum seekers.
In the general conversation around the refugee crisis, people tend to talk in numbers or about boats and barges and benefits but behind every figure and statist is a person, who just like Gulwali, has probably lived through some horrific experiences and I wanted to do an episode about the mental health side of that.
This is an episode that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. It’s a little different but it’s important and I can’t thank Gulwali enough for his insight and his time.
You can follow Gulwali on social media here: @gulwali_passarlay
Watch his Tedx Talk here: How I got to Manchester from Afghanistan: Gulwali Passarlay at TEDxManchester (youtube.com)
And his website is Gulwali Passarlay | The official website of an influential Afghan refugee who is a published author, TEDx speaker, and a Politics major at the University of Manchester. (wordpress.com)
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Welcome to episode 172 with Bill Ryder-Jones, who is a singer-songwriter, musician, music producer and composer.
Bill was a co-founder of The Coral, which they started when he was 13, and he played lead guitar on the first five albums, eventually leaving in 2008.
It was around then that Bill started to experience depression, agoraphobia and panic attacks which would eventually lead him to leave The Coral at the height of their success. At that time, it wasn’t made public that Bill’s mental health issues where a result of witnessing the death of his brother in a freak accident while they were on a family holiday as children..
After the breakdown that followed, Bill started to work on his solo career and to date has released 5 albums under his own name and has collaborated with the Arctic Monkey, Graham Coxon and Paloma Faith and produced records for the likes of Mick Head and Saint Saviour and many others.
His latest record, Iechyd da, was released in January to a fanfare of praise and glowing reviews and its already a contender for album of the year.
In this episode I chat to Bill about the album, the songs and the upcoming tour.
We chat about Bill’s experiences with agoraphobia and how it affects him day to day and in relationships and we chat about touring, drinking, getting older and making music.
We also chat about panic attacks and dealing with fear and being alone how sometimes choosing an unhealthy coping strategy is choosing the lesser of many possible evils.
I loved chatting to Bill. He is such a lovely man and we laughed a lot despite getting in to some really deep topics. I’m a huge fan of his music so getting the opportunity to ask him about it was a personal podcasting highlight for me and I can’t thank him enough for his openness and his time.
Follow Bill on socials @billryderjones tour dates and tickets available now at Bill Ryder-Jones (billryderjones.co.uk)
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Welcome to episode 171 with Mark Williams, who is an author, speaker and international campaigner for father’s mental health.
Mark suffered with PTSD and depression after the birth of his son and he suffered in silence for many years while trying to support his wife who was also struggling with her mental health and they were both in at crisis point at the same time.
He is an incredibly active campaigner for parental mental health and has appeared on national radio and television, founded International Father’s Mental Health Day and published 5 books, one of which was made in to a short film by Amazon Prime. And he has also been voted Inspirational Father of the year and local hero at the Pride of Britain Awards.
In this episode I chat to Mark about becoming a dad, how that impacted him mentally, and how he and his wife supported each other through that time when they were both struggling.
We chat about some of the things that can impact new parents and some of the reasons why dads can struggle and we look at how these issues can show up and play out and look at a few things that can be done to help.
We also chat about growing up in a rural area, how working-class people are often forgotten about in mental health advocacy and why community is so important to health.
Follow Mark on social media @
For more info head to How are you Dad, his newest book is available everywhere now!
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Welcome to episode 170 with Lily Bailey who is an author, journalist and activist who has been writing and speaking about OCD and mental illness for a long time and in this episode, I chat to Lily about her experiences with obsessive compulsive disorder and how it’s affected her over the years.
We also chat her new book, When I Feel Red, written for middle grade age children, about a young girl with Dyspraxia, which is a neurological condition that affects movement and co-ordination and something that Lily has lived with since childhood.
We chat about Dyspraxia, how it’s affected Lily over the years and why she decided to write about it.
We chat about writing for young people, and how she approaches challenging topics like mental illness when writing for young people.
And we chat about navigating the challenging teenage years, being different, trying to fit in, the importance of telling stories and finding compassion for others through reading stories.
This was a really lovely chat and it was fascinating to learn about Dyspraxia and the wider implications of the condition. I highly recommend Lily’s writing as well and the new book is fantastic!
You can follow Lily on social media @LilyBaileyUK
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Welcome to episode 169 with John Rattray, who is a former professional skateboarder and the creator of Why So Sad?
Why So Sad? Is a skate and cycling focused campaign with the goal of driving awareness and education around mental wellbeing and suicide prevention.
In this episode I chat to John about getting in to skating and the importance of community and sub cultures.
We chat about his experiences with depression at different points in his life and where the idea for Why So Sad? came from and how Nike got involved to produce a WSS? Signature shoe.
And we chat about some of the themes and ideas that inform John’s work, the Adverse Childhood Experience study and how learning about what’s going on in our brains and our bodies can help us to understand mental distress and what to do about it.
You can watch Why So Sad? here: Nike SB | Why So Sad? Comic | Skateboarding and Our Mental Health (youtube.com)
And the Your Brain on Sport video is here: Your Brain on Sport (nikesb.com)
And you can follow John on social media @ratt_ray
The books that John mentions in the episode are: What Happened to You? by Dr Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey, Lost Connections by Johann Hari, Waking Up, Alive by Richard Heckler
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Welcome to episode 168 with Jess Greenfield, who is a multi-instrumentalist and a singer with Wonder 45 and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying birds.
In this episode I chat to Jess about singing, the music industry and balancing being a mother and a touring musician.
We also chat about Jess’ experiences with post-natal mental health issues, the impact that had on her family and how she got through it.
We chat about the vulnerability of singing, parental anxiety, asking for help and the loss of identity that comes with becoming a parent.
There is also loads of music chat in this one! It was great to hear about everything Jess is doing with Wonder 45 and of course we chat about how Jess came to join Noel Gallagher’s band and what it’s like to play on some of the biggest stages in the world.
Jess was also good enough to let me use one of Wonder 45’s singles as part of this episode! I used an incredible live audio of the song Cry and you can also watch that here:
Cry - Wonder 45 - Live Studio Session (youtube.com)
You can follow Jess on social media @greenfiledsings and @wearewonder45
Her website is www.jessgreenfiledmusic.com
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Welcome to episode 167 with Nadia Gilani, who is a writer and yoga teacher.
Nadia was introduced to yoga as a teenager when her Mum took her along to a class as a way of helping her mental health.
Since then, yoga has been a constant and important part of her life but her relationship with the practice has not always been a smooth one.
In this episode I chat to Nadia about her experiences with mental illness that started when she was a teenager.
We chat about that first yoga class, what led her there and the impact that finding yoga has had since.
And we chat about eating disorders, sobriety and recovery and we chat about movement, physical health and why wellness is bullshit.
Of course, we chat a lot about yoga, how it can be beneficial with regards to mental health but also how it’s not the answer to everything like it’s often sold to be.
I absolutely loved chatting to Nadia! We had one of those wonderful conversations that goes absolutely everywhere and we really got in to some big topics.
I highly recommend her book The Yoga Manifesto which covers a lot of the themes we talk about here and a lot more besides. It’s out now and available everywhere.
You can follow Nadia on social media @theyogadiddident and learn more about her work via her website https://nadiagilani.co.uk
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Welcome to episode 166 with Tate Smith, who is an award-winning trans activist, consultant and speaker.
Tate started to experience anxiety at high school but this had nothing to do with his gender.
It was only later on in his teenage years that he became aware of what it means to be trans and was able to start making sense of himself.
In this episode I chat to Tate about anxiety, why it started and how it affects his life.
I also chat to Tate about coming out as trans, how that was received in his workplace and the last few years he has spent working towards becoming his true self.
We discuss stigma, hate and misunderstanding and we discuss joy, freedom and authenticity.
It was also fascinating to get Tate’s perspective on the current men’s mental health crisis as someone who has presented as both female and male
Tate is so wonderfully open about his life and his experiences and it was great to chat, to debunk some myths and look at men’s mental health from a completely different perspective.
You can follow Tate on social media @tatemichaelsmith
Learn more about his activism and consultancy via his website www.tatesmith.uk
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Welcome to episode 165 with Roxy Longworth.
When Roxy was 13, she was coerced then blackmailed into sending explicit photos, which were spread around her school.
The school blamed all of this on Roxy and the shame and embarrassment that was heaped down on her, by the very establishment that was supposed to be looking after her, took a huge toll on her mental health and eventually led to self-harm and hearing voices.
At 14 she suffered a psychotic breakdown and was hospitalized.
She spent the next four years rebuilding her mental health, and her life, and she wrote about all of this in the memoir ‘When You Lose It’.
The book is an incredibly emotional read. Half is written by Roxy from her perspective, the other half is written by her Mum and it details the impact that mental illness has on both the person experiencing it and the people that love them and have to help them through it.
In this episode I chat to Roxy about being a young person and growing up in this technology driven age. We chat about the events that led to the photos being taken and shared and everything that happened after.
We chat about psychosis, self-harm, being in hospital and working with difficult emotions like anger and shame and we chat about the experience of writing the book, reading her Mum’s side of the story and the complex relationships between teenagers and parents.
I reached out to Roxy after reading her book, which I found incredibly moving and challenging to read. She has a wonderful understanding of everything that happened and her own mental health and it was a privilege to chat to her about all of it.
The book is available in all good book shops and you can follow Roxy on social media @roxylongworth_
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- Visa fler
