Jun 28, 2023
What happens when you swivel the lens away from yourself? In
this second of a series of Happy High Status takeover episodes, Viv
talks to Olympic athlete and world champion javelin thrower Fatima
Whitbread, star of I’m a Celebrity and Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Win
and fundraiser for Action for Children. Fatima examines how the
extremes of a difficult childhood and of athletic excellence in
adulthood affected her confidence. Fatima was abandoned as baby and
grew up in a series of children’s homes where she experienced
neglect and abuse before being adopted by her javelin tutor in her
teens. She developed her confidence by identifying key people she
could trust and by learning to “swivel the lens” away from herself
and onto others, not only in order to feel less like a victim but
as a way of building self-esteem. What if the key to self-assurance
lies not in your relationship with yourself but in how much you can
support and shine a light on others?
Viv's new book, Happy High Status: How to Be
Effortlessly Confident, is out now.
@vivgroskop
To support Fatima Whitbread’s latest fund-raising go
to https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/fatimawhitbread