It was such a pleasure to get to know Nicola Roberts during this episode.

Nicola, who is currently starring as Persephone in the West End production of the musical Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre joined me for the best chat where she really opened up about what it was like being judged for her appearance in her Girls Aloud Days and how she has learnt to truly love and accept herself.

We talk about relationships, feelign positive about ageing and also about how she looks after her sensitive skin.

After our recording Nicola was off to do an event with Aveeno who she has been working with to promote their really beautiful new Age Renewal Range which is really gentle but powerful. Their entire campaign is about ageing gratefully and Nicola is the face of it. As you can imagine, this is totally up my street and I enjoyed learning more about this too.

All in all, this is a great episode and it was lovely to get to meet a woman who has really taken control of her career and life in the best and most inspiring way possible.

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