Welcome to The Happy Place Guide To Holidays! In this chat – brought to you by British Airways Holidays – Fearne gets into what she and Team Happy Place absolutely love about a holiday, and which bits can be a bit rubbish. (No one wants to pack to go home when the swimsuits are still wet...)

How do you take your holidays more seriously? Join the chat on Instagram @happyplaceofficial and @britishairwaysholidays.

In this chat, Fearne explores:

-How a spa holiday induced a 10/10 sleep

-Soaking up the history of places like Rome

-Why you’re a more relaxed (more fun??) version of yourself on holiday

-Chatting with strangers in cool little shops

-The brilliant trinkets you come home with (personalised wax seal, anyone?)

-Why nothing will beat the first Negroni abroad

-Having uninterrupted reading time

-Why the first 24 hours on holiday can make her a little bit anxious

-The perils of being a last-minute packer

British Airways Holidays are ATOL protected, offer a 24hr holiday helpline, and allow you to book with a low deposit. All holidays include a generous baggage allowance per person. Go to Ba.com/holidays to find out more.

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Just man up. This is essentially what Adam Kay was told when a traumatic day at work left him with PTSD.

In this chat with Fearne, former doctor Adam explains why he made the decision to leave the medical profession, and puts a spotlight on the poor mental health of our NHS workers. Adam talks about how, in his case, the job left him feeling paranoid and overcautious, and how he turned to diary writing to process his emotions.

They chat about how we can all chip away at any mental health stigma in both the workplace and at home with loved ones, and offer advice for how to put together your own mental health toolkits for crises of varying severity.

A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay is out in paperback 2nd July (published by Orion).

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains frank conversation about suicide.

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Yrsa really doesn’t intend to kill anyone... but the Cambridge professor sitting opposite her has manipulated her friend and stolen her research. So, when she flicks a bee into his drink, she just thinks he’ll get a nasty little sting... but now he’s dead. And it’s a sweet, sweet feeling for Yrsa: finally having some control...

Honey, written by Imani Thompson, was our Happy Place Book Club read for June. In this chat with Fearne, Imani explains how getting fired from a job was the catalyst she needed to start writing, and just how surreal it feels to have a debut novel published in her 20s.

They also explore the big themes in the novel, including race, intersectional feminism, female anger, and revenge.

In July, we’ll be reading Queenie Is Working On It, by Candice Carty-Williams.

Thank you to The Borough Press for use of the Honey audiobook, narrated by Chloe Sommer.

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