Claudia Winkleman is a broadcaster who feels like your best friend - whether she's co-hosting Strictly Come Dancing, fronting her Saturday morning BBC Radio 2 show or sending shivers down your spine as the presenter of The Traitors. And now, for our season finale, she joins How to Fail to talk about her hatred of perfect, her distaste for exercise, her introversion and her failure to live in the present. Plus: struggles with sleep, the invaluable lessons her parents' taught her and why Rembrandt (as seen with minus 15 eyesight) might be her forever style icon.

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Bea is an achiever in all areas of her life apart from one. She feels that until she is slimmer, she hasn’t achieved everything she set out to do. 

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice. 

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered. 

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 12 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_12.txt 

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Isla has suffered more deaths in her family than most people deal with in a lifetime. 

She finds it impossible to process what has happened and needs a way out of the pain. 

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice. 

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered. 

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 11 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_11.txt 

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George was a fireman for the RAF in Iraq and Afghanistan. After his tour of 2007, he came back a different person and has found it hard to reintegrate into society. 

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice. 

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered. 

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 10 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_10.txt

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Heather’s mum left the family home when she was 17 with no warning. Heather still struggles with that day many years later, but is she looking at it the wrong way? 

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice. 

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 9 here: 

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Lottie can’t get over the split with her ex-husband and finds it hard to trust her new boyfriend. As a child, she lost both her parents and her brother was murdered, the repercussions of which are still felt today.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 8 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_8.txt

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8 years ago Eva felt faint when driving on a motorway and hasn’t been able to drive on fast roads since. Her friend’s death in a road traffic accident when she was a teenager may be the key.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 7 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_7.txt 

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Charlie, who had to care for his siblings and had a difficult coming out story, finds it hard to take care of himself.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 6 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_6.txt 

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Annie’s relationship with her siblings has worsened since their mother died, and realises the key to resolving the conflict might lie with their estranged father.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 5 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_5.txt 

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Maya tried to resuscitate her baby brother when she was 11 and has carried guilt from that day ever since.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 4 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_4.txt 

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Danny took a home DNA test and the result has blown his family apart.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode please see below for information about further support and advice.

To find help via talking therapies you can either go to your GP or the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) bacp.co.uk or bps.org.uk - they should be HCPC registered.

Other helpful organisations:

• NHS - www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines
• SAMARITANS - www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan or call 116 123
• MIND - www.mind.co.uk
• NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe
• WELLDOING - www.welldoing.org
• NICE - www.nice.org.uk/guidance
• Anxiety UK - www.anxietyuk.org.uk

Find the transcript for episode 3 here: somethin-else.github.io/transcripts/hdwgh/episode3_3.txt 

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