Just As Well, The Women's Health Podcast - Laura Whitmore Reveals How She Maintains a Positive Relationship With Social Media

Episode Date: October 27, 2020

On the podcast this week we're chatting to much-loved Irish model and presenter Laura Whitmore. The former WH cover star opens up about grieving her dear friend Caroline Flack, dealing with online trolls, finding stillness in lockdown and much more. Catch the full, candid conversation on Thursday - but, in the meantime, here's how she maintains a positive relationship with social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, going for goal listeners. I hope your week's going well. Just sliding into your podcast app of choice to let you know what's coming up on the show this week. We've got former women's health cover star Laura Whitmore, who gives a really candid interview to our editor-in-chief Claire Sanderson. She opens up about grieving for her dear friend Carolyn Flack and how lockdown has reminded her just how important sillness is for her mental health. The full episode drops on Thursday, but until then, here's a little snippet in which Laura discusses how she stays.

sane on social media. I think it's important not to live in a bubble as well because during lockdown I had to like not necessarily watch the news every day. But I also wanted to know what was going on in the country that I was living in. So that's really important. But I do think create what you see. It's hard because the algorithms keep changing. So sometimes things will pop up my newsfeed from people I'm not following.

And I'm like, I'm intentionally not following that person because I find them quite aggressive. But I do think create what you see. Take a day off if you want. And yeah, I guess I'm, I feel like I'm in my 30s now. I think if I was like a teenager, it would be very difficult. I remember my younger brother. I'm a brother who's much younger than me. And he's not on Twitter.

And I said, why aren't you on Twitter? Is everyone in your class not on Twitter? And he went, I just don't want to do that to myself. I don't need to. Like, if there's a party, I'm not invited to him. I don't want to know. And I just thought that was really, I was like, wow, you're wiser than I am. And I think there's nothing wrong with that.

It's not bearing your head in the sand, but I think you have a right to yourself to protect yourself. Tune in on Thursday for the full interview.