The Emma Guns Show

I'm so glad to welcome Estée Lalonde back to the podcast, especially as this conversation coincides with some exciting developments in her professional and personal life. There's her body care brand Mirror Water and a new relationship...

Her career is a truly incredible one: she followed her boyfriend to London, became a part of the beauty blogging community and has gone on to make her social media and Youtube a wildly successful business. She has shared her life with millions of followers and as she evolves from influencer to businesswoman, she's opening up about the highs and lows of taking huge risks, knowing what you want from life, people and relationships and why you have to advocate for yourself.

I've known Estée for a few years now and I always come away from time spent with her feeling better for having seen the world through her eyes and, I'm just going to say it, I think this might be the best conversation I've had with her in the time we've known each other.

Estée is always honest, real and straight-talking so hearing her share her life lessons with no filter whatsoever was a real eye-opener. I learned a lot and I hope you do too!

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In this episode, Emma shares listener feedback from her conversation with Andrea McLean, tells us about her visit to Parliament and shares some insights from the next episode with Estée Lalonde.

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Andrea McLean is one of those people you already feel as though you know. Not least because she's been a familiar face on British television for two decades but because she has such an easy, warm, open and welcoming way with everyone she meets. And let me tell you, in the flesh, this magnetism is even more charming than you could imagine. She is also blessed with a dry wit and an excellent side-eye!

After years anchoring the liveliest panel on TV, the prime-time show Loose Women, she is now focused on her website and app This Girl is On Fire, which focuses on supporting women (and soon men) through midlife. It's not just her day job, it's a calling. Having navigated her own mental health struggles, crises of confidence and a constant drive to want to do better and be better, Andrea is committed to passing on and sharing everything that has worked for her with those who feel the same.

I open each podcast by asking my guest 'what's your relationship like with risk?' and, as you can imagine, Andrea's answer, as someone who walked away from one of the most coveted jobs for women in broadcasting, is an incredible one... We discuss being in bad relationships, trying to make a bad thing work, knowing when to listen to advice - and when to ignore it - and why admitting you're wrong can sometimes be the greatest gift.

Andrea was so open and honest and I'm thrilled to share this conversation with you...

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In this episode, Emma shares listener feedback on the conversation with Eddie Sternberg, the latest innovation in anti-ageing EMFACE and why you'll be inspired by the next episode with Andrea McLean.

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Picture it. Peckham Rye, 2014. It’s a Friday night and I’m joining a friend’s birthday drinks. I’m nervous because I only know one other person there but one of the first people I chat with is @esternberg.director 

We immediately bonded over films and, after a brief disagreement over Marvel vs DC, chat about hearing writer, producer and director @rodriguez on a podcast that week. I tell Eddie that if he ever makes a film he too should have a trademark hat.

Eddie mentions a film he’d like to make and something about the way he describes it makes me think he’s absolutely going to get it made.

Fast-forward to 2022 and I Used to Be Famous, the film Eddie told me about that night, is a huge @netflixuk hit - hitting the Top 10 in the U.K. and US charts. It stars @edskrein@eleanormatsuura and @leojlong and earns high praise from critics, including @jameskingmovies and @kermodeandmayo 

This podcast tells the story of how the idea Eddie told me about in a bar nearly 10 years ago (a bar that features in the film!) became the hit film it is today. He took risks, made sacrifices, left his ego (but not his hat) at the door and grabbed every opportunity with both hands. 

Eddie made his idea, and his dream come true. If he can, so can you. 

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In this episode, Emma shares listener feedback on her conversation with Rosie Green on divorce and rebuilding your life in your 40s, why her social media post that wasn't about Selena Gomez caused a stir and a sneak peek of her conversation with writer and director Eddie Sternberg.

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Rosie Green is an award-winning writer, columnist and best-selling author. On her return to the podcast, Rosie shares why writing a piece about the breakdown of her marriage, after writing about her blissful domesticity in a hugely popular magazine column, was the biggest risk she has ever taken, but how it was a risk that paid off in a big way!

In addition to sharing her relationship with risk, Rosie talks about the excuses she's made for herself and others, the obstacles she's had to overcome on her journey of rediscovery after her marriage, why she'd have done anything to 'fix' her marriage but how life now is better than she could have ever imagined.

Rosie's book How to Heal a Broken Heart is available now.

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In this episode, Emma shares an update on the new format for the podcast and what you can expect from the show in 2023.

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In this episode, Emma shares what's been happening behind-the-scenes on the podcast and why some changes are afoot in 2023...

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In this episode, Emma answers listener questions sent in via the Facebook Group.

1. Of all the habits you’ve tried, which are the ones you have stuck with in the long term and find most beneficial, and why?

2. Are there any more contraception/hormone-related podcasts coming? I”m 38 and have just decided to come off the pill for no reason other than being fed up with pumping synthetic hormones into my body.

3. I’d be interested to know how your early mornings are going now that you’re in winter. I found winter very hard and my early mornings disappeared. Now that it’s summer again, in New Zealand, I’m motivated to get up early again. Maybe it’s about changing what you do in the cold and dark. Exercise seemed to be the last thing my body wanted to do. I would really appreciate hearing about your experiences.

4. I know this question will be hard to answer, maybe impossible, but what have you heard from your guest speakers (excluding myself) that most changed the way you think and what you most want others to know about?

Book referenced: Everyday Trauma by Dr Tracey Shors.

Multiple references in the following answers to The EC Method

5. How long do you give a new regime, either diet or fitness, before deciding it’s not working for you?

6. What is an achievable target for weight loss? For example, if you want to lose three stone, how long do you think is sufficient to achieve and keep it off?

7. How do you get motivated and stay motivated?

8. How do you get back after falling off the wagon when the mental hurdle seems so massive? I don’t know if I’m explaining it well, but it feels daunting and that also you’re beating yourself up for being a failure. I didn’t want to be overweight at 40 but here I am, at nearly 50, and even more overweight.

9. I always love finding out what surprising things have happened to people along the way. So my question would be, what did you expect to happen but didn’t.

10. What expectations did you have going into the new habits or routines that you made that were happily surprised to see were unrealistic or even unhealthy? For example, I think ‘health’ and ‘fitness’ are sold to us as huge problem solvers. Almost as if when we become fitter we have to stop worrying about X, Y and Z too. So I guess I’m wondering if that kind of thinking influenced any of your goals and/or plans to reach those goals.

11. How do you stop yourself from becoming fixated on healthy eating and fitness?

12. How do you make changes so that they just become habits?

13. How do you meal plan? When I go to a supermarket or try to plan weekly meals, I seem to forget all the foods I like.

14. How do you stick to a certain amount of calories per day without starting the cycle of restricting leading to binge eating?

15. How do you plan fun in your life? As I get older and kids’ social lives take priority, I feel my life is sadly lacking fun. I actually can’t think of fund stuff anymore.

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