Fearne Cotton shared a smiley selfie on Monday as she reflected on finding happiness, feeling ‘gratitude’ and leading a quieter life away from the spotlight.
The presenter, 40, took to Instagram to share a sunny snap as she took a break from writing her new book, with Fearne noting how people can be affected by ‘blue Monday’ or equally ‘feel absolute happiness’ at anytime of the day or year.
The also mum-of-two looked back on her younger days when she was at the height of her TV career and admitted she didn’t have the knowledge to ‘take command of my reactions to the world’.
Lovely: Fearne Cotton shared a smiley selfie on Monday as she reflected on finding happiness, feeling ‘gratitude’ and leading a quieter life away from the spotlight
However, as she leads a more low-key life these days, Fearne reflected that she is now able to find ‘pure joy’ in the little things in life as she remarked she’s ‘not lugging my past around with me any more’.
Bundled up in a turquoise knitted hat and leopard print coat, Fearne penned: ‘Blue Monday, blue Tuesday, blue Wednesday, blue Thursday, blue Friday, blue Saturday, blue Sunday, it doesn’t matter what day of the week it is, or time of year, you can be blue ANY f*!cking given day. You can also feel absolute happiness on any day for no reason at all.
‘When I look back on my thirties I wonder how many Mondays I lost to blueness. Probably tons.
Reflections: The also mum-of-two looked back on her younger days when she was at the height of her TV career and admitted she didn’t have the knowledge to ‘take command of my reactions to the world’ (pictured on the red carpet in 2005)
‘I might have been commercially more ‘successful’ back then, have filmed more big TV shows, interviewed many famous people, been invited to glamorous events or other stuff that you might believe cultivates happiness but I didn’t have the experience or knowledge to take command of my reactions to the world around me.’
The former Celebrity Juice host continued: ‘I’ve just been on a lunch break walk in between writing a new kids book and planing my Bigger Than Us event tomorrow, and I felt pure joy.
‘An elderly man on a bench with his face in the sun, The Beatles in my headphones, great colours all around, each step in my muddy trainers a privilege. I’m the same person now but I see the world very differently.
Candid: The presenter, 40, took to Instagram to share a sunny snap as she took a break from writing her new book, with Fearne noting how people can be affected by ‘blue Monday’ or equally ‘feel absolute happiness’ at anytime of the day or year
‘I might not be immune to low days or circumstantial painful outcomes but I’m not lugging my past around with me any more.’
Fearne started her career as a children’s presenter before going on to front big TV shows including Top Of The Pops, Celebrity Juice and the Xtra Factor, as well as forging a successful radio career.
She is now a best-selling author of a number of self-help and mental positivity books and hosts her Happy Place podcast discussing love, life and loss.
Looking back on the past, she went on: ‘I might have been called every name under the sun by strangers, been judged from a place of assumption, felt pure panic and a lack of safety being in the public eye but I do not need to carry that s**t around with me every day.
Message: Looking back on the past, she went on: ‘I might have been called every name under the sun by strangers, been judged from a place of assumption, felt pure panic and a lack of safety being in the public eye but I do not need to carry that s**t around with me every day’
‘Today I choose to stay in the moment which is a feeling of gratitude for a lunch break walk in the sun! What a joy.’
She concluded: ‘For those of you tackling hard stuff at the moment I send you love. From my own personal experience and from the plethora of individuals I’ve interviewed who have often been to hell and back, I know you’ll get through it.
‘It might be sticky, painful and soul destroying but you will feel that sun on your face again one day. I don’t want that to sound flippant or whimsical or to be triggering, I just believe it to be true.’
It comes after the star reflected on her ‘search for contentment’ in an interview with Stylist magazine, saying: ‘The idea that you need to improve as a person? I cannot align with that at all.
Refreshing: It comes after the star reflected on her ‘search for contentment’ in an interview with Stylist magazine , saying: ‘The idea that you need to improve as a person? I cannot align with that at all’
‘The notion of self improvement brings so much pressure.’
Fans of Fearne will be familiar with her inspirational words, with the broadcaster having released a number of books about living in a healthy way both mentally and physically.
Fearne’s shoot comes after she and fellow presenter Jake Humphrey branded their former workplace CBBC ‘aggressive and catty’, claiming there was a battle of egos at the children’s broadcaster.
She appeared on the channel and its associated programmes from 2001 before leaving to present Top of the Pops in 2004, with the star claiming the environment left her feeling ‘very unhappy’.
According to The Sun, Jake, 43, who begun hosting on CBBC in 2001, said on a podcast: ‘CBBC was probably the most competitive and aggressive and sort of catty place.
‘Everyone was young. Everybody wanted to be the next big thing.’
He asked Fearne: ‘Have you ever known a dressing room with so many tears?’
She responded: ‘I used to stay out of it. It was too scary for me.’
The BBC declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline.
Looking back: Fearne’s words comes after she and fellow presenter Jake Humphrey branded their former workplace CBBC ‘aggressive and catty’