21.2 Fatima Whitbread, Olympic athlete - Happy High Status

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 fundraising/fatimawhitbread

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21.2 Fatima Whitbread, Olympic athlete - Happy High Status is an episode from How To Own The Room by Kate Taylor.

This episode is 37:53 long.

This episode was published on Jun 28, 2023.

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