{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dfa8d2965488b63ac12da1/68dfa8e448f21470609ca5f5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Life of YOU: Abigail Dean on Perfectionism, Motherhood & Creative Risk","description":"<p>QUICK SURVEY – TELL US WHAT YOU'RE LOVING:</p><p><br></p><p>We’re running a short survey to get to know you better—so we can keep making the kind of episodes you actually want to hear. Takes 2 mins, promise: https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=3</p><p>Welcome to The Life of YOU!</p><p><br></p><p>WELCOME TO THE LIFE OF YOU!</p><p>The bonus series where we tackle your dilemmas and share advice to navigate life’s trickier moments.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, I’m joined by bestselling author and former lawyer Abigail Dean—writer of the Sunday Times hit Girl A and the powerful new novel The Death of Us.</p><p><br></p><p>Today:</p><p><br></p><p>💼 Lily asks whether she’s wasting her ‘successful’ career—and how to start living a life that feels like hers.</p><p>📝 We discuss the myth of perfect creativity, and why done is always better than perfect.</p><p>👶 Katie wonders if she’s cut out for motherhood—can you ever really know before it happens?</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU</p><p><br></p><p>🗣 Got a question or a story to share? Text or send a voice note on 07796657512—just start your message with LOB</p><p>💬 Use the WhatsApp shortcut: https://wa.me/447796657512?text=LOB</p><p>📧 Prefer email? Drop us a line at lifeofbryony@dailymail.co.uk</p><p><br></p><p>If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who might need it—it really helps!</p><p><br></p><p>Bryony xx</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>CREDITS</p><p><br></p><p>🎙 Presenter: Bryony Gordon</p><p>🎙 Guest: Abigail Dean</p><p>🎧 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan</p><p>🎥 Audio &amp; Video Editor: Luke Shelley</p><p>📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller</p><p><br></p><p>A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}