Begin Again with Davina McCall Elizabeth Day: I Found Love After Divorce
Oct 16, 2025
In this engaging conversation, Elizabeth Day, bestselling author and host of How To Fail, shares her poignant journey through divorce and fertility struggles. She discusses the gut instinct that prompted her to leave a marriage that wasn’t right, and the emotional release of letting go of motherhood dreams after a revealing psychic reading. Elizabeth also reflects on the challenges of dating in her late 30s, her surprise at finding love with Justin, and how this journey has shaped her understanding of self-worth and resilience.
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Keeping An Accent As An Anchor
- Elizabeth held on to her English accent in Northern Ireland as a way to stay authentic and connected to her past.
- That early refusal to adapt shaped her into an observer and influenced her commitment to authenticity in life and work.
A Psychic Gave Permission To Let Go
- Elizabeth visited a psychic who predicted she'd been a mother of six in a past life and that letting go of motherhood might be allowed.
- The psychic's reading matched her six pregnancy losses and helped Elizabeth find permission to release the lifelong desire to have children.
Permission Can Unlock Inner Knowing
- Elizabeth says tapping into non-rational sources (spirit, psychic, instinct) can unlock decisions friends or therapists cannot grant.
- She frames that permission as a route to trust oneself and reclaim female intuition weakened by patriarchy.
