Andrea McLean: Shaking The “Good Girl” Identity And Taking Risks

Marisa’s guest this week is Andrea McLean; award-winning TV broadcaster, Sunday Times Number 1 best-selling author, journalist, and CEO. She is also co-founder of the female empowerment site This Girl Is On Fire.Andrea opens up about her personal journey with mental health and why it’s a dangerous pattern to mask how we really feel if we’ve been conditioned to accommodate and appease those around us. She discusses with Marisa what steered her decision to quit her high-profile TV presenting job, and why the most frightening decisions often open up the most interesting opportunities.In this episode Marisa and Andrea discuss:The small things we can do that help us build mental resilience, ahead of when we most need itThe year it all became too much and led to Andrea’s breakdown Dispelling the myth of waiting for ‘perfect timing’The power of thinking differently, and why a perspective shift really can save usVisit Andrea’s website here: https://www.thisgirlisonfire.com--------------------Please subscribe and rate the podcast, and catch up with Marisa’s longer videos on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MarisaPeer1Stay up to date with Marisa on Social Media:Instagram: @marisapeertherapy https://www.instagram.com/marisapeertherapyFacebook: @marisa.peer.therapy https://www.facebook.com/marisa.peer.therapyTwitter: @marisapeer  https://twitter.com/marisapeerResource Links:➡ Download Marisa’s FREE ‘I Am Enough’ meditation: https://bit.ly/MP-Audio-iamenough➡ Explore audio hypnosis shop, for issues from smoking, to weight loss to low confidence: https://bit.ly/MP-Audio-Hypnosis➡ Boost your self-esteem with Marisa’s FREE workbook: http://bit.ly/Self-Esteem-workbook-download➡ Discover how you can train with Marisa Peer in Rapid Transformational Therapy®️: http://bit.ly/rtt-masterclass-watch