Trigger Warning : references to self-harm, suicide, alcoholism, drug use. Janet Devlin is a singer-songwriter who was catapulted to fame at the age of 16 when she was a contestant on reality talent show The X Factor.But behind her beautiful performances was a teenager who was really struggling.The youngest of four, Janet grew up in Tyrone and always had a desire to perform but a negative self-image from an early age proved destructive.She started self-harming at 12 and at 20, she was an alcoholic.Now at 25, she’s in a good place in her life and sharing her perspective on her experiences.As you can imagine, this is a tough listen at times, but it’s also an uplifting one.This summer she released her concept album ‘Confessional’ which is a deeply personal account of the past 10 years or so of her life.For more go to...https://www.janetdevlin.com/If you, or someone you know is struggling right now, please know that there is help available.Pieta provides free therapy to those engaging in self-harm, with suicidal ideation, or bereaved by suicide.Freephone 1800 247 247Text Help to 51444https://www.pieta.ie/Or you can contact a SamaritanFreephone 116 123or email [email protected]://www.samaritans.org/ireland/samaritans-ireland/This episode of Ready to Be Real Conversations was brought to you in partnership with Revive Active, your daily super supplement, made here in Ireland.Taking Revive Active is one of the ways you can support your immune system this winter and they’re offering a 10% discount on all Revive Active products to all my podcast listeners.Simply click on the link https://ie.reviveactive.com/products/revive-active and use the code - Sile10Please let me know what you think of this conversation by leaving a comment or rating and if you haven’t already subscribed to this podcast, why not click on the follow button now, I'd really appreciate it.

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