The Life of YOU: Amanza Smith on Loneliness, Identity and Finding Yourself Again
Welcome to The Life of YOU!
The bonus series where we tackle your dilemmas and share advice to navigate life’s trickier moments.
This week, I’m joined by Amanza Smith—star of Selling Sunset, interior designer and fine artist. Amanza opens up about navigating loneliness, motherhood, and identity after heartbreak, as well as the importance of choosing yourself—especially when time and energy are in short supply.
Together, we answer your questions about guilt, self-expression and rediscovering your style when you’re starting from scratch.
Today:
💬 An overwhelmed single mum wants to sketch in her free time—but feels guilty for doing something she enjoys. How can she overcome that guilt?
🛋️ A newly single 41-year-old has moved into her first solo home but feels lost without a personal style. Is it too late to discover one?
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CREDITS
🎙 Presenter: Bryony Gordon
🎙 Guest: Amanza Smith
🎧 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
🎥 Audio & Video Editor: Luke Shelley
📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller
🛠️ Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm
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EXCLUSIVE: Selling Sunset’s Amanza ‘I Was Suicidal at 27 - Now I’m Living My Dream Life.’
MY GUEST THIS WEEK: AMANZA SMITH
This week, I’m joined by Amanza Smith—artist, interior designer, and star of Netflix’s Selling Sunset. You might know her for her bold fashion, razor-sharp wit, and interior know-how—but there’s so much more to Amanza’s story.
In this episode, she opens up with extraordinary honesty about her childhood abuse, addiction, and mental health struggles. Amanza tells me why she almost didn’t make it to 30—and how becoming a mother gave her the strength to face her past.
For anyone who’s ever hit rock bottom, Amanza’s journey is a powerful reminder that healing is possible.
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CREDITS
🎙 Presenter: Bryony Gordon
🎙 Guest: Amanza Smith
🎧 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
🎥 Audio & Video Editor: Luke Shelley
📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller
🛠️ Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm
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The Life of YOU: Vogue Williams on Mum Guilt and Being ‘Too Much’
Welcome to The Life of YOU — the bonus series where we tackle your dilemmas and share advice to navigate life’s messier moments.
This week, I’m joined again by presenter, author and podcast queen Vogue Williams, whose latest book Big Mouth is a tribute to living unapologetically, surviving chaos, and saying the things others are too afraid to.
Together we answer your questions about being labelled ‘too much’, dealing with mum guilt, and why trying to ‘have it all’ is a myth women are still burdened with. Vogue talks about what it means to grow up loud, feel shame for taking up space, and how to let go of the people who make you feel small.
We also share how many unread WhatsApps we each have, which is a lot.
Today:
💬 Tanya asks how to stop apologising for being “too much” 🍼 Jade wants help managing the constant guilt of single motherhood and feeling like she’s always failing
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CREDITS
🎙 Presenter: Bryony Gordon
🧑 Guest: Vogue Williams
📝 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
🛠️ Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm
🎧 Audio & Video Editor: Luke Shelley
📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller
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What Vogue Williams Learned from Loss, Love and Letting Go
MY GUEST THIS WEEK: VOGUE WILLIAMS
This week, I’m joined by podcast royalty Vogue Williams—broadcaster, writer, and co-host of My Therapist Ghosted Me—whose hilarious new memoir Big Mouth is packed with outrageous stories, unflinching honesty, and the kind of emotional truth that sneaks up on you.
We talk about growing up in 90s Ireland, why Irish funerals are unexpectedly joyful, and how Vogue’s chaotic first wedding helped her realise what she really wanted in a partner. She opens up about the long illness and death of her beloved father, the anxiety that followed, and how writing became the only thing that quieted her mind.
Vogue also shares what it’s like navigating fame, gossip, and mum-life while trying to stay grounded—and why she’ll always keep beta blockers in the bathroom cupboard, just in case.
If you’ve ever struggled with grief, anxiety, or just trying to hold everything together while making people laugh, Vogue’s mix of humour and honesty will speak to you.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE
📚 Big Mouth by Vogue WilliamsA sharp, funny and unexpectedly moving memoir from the Irish presenter and podcast host.
Buy here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/big-mouth/vogue-williams/9780008743376
CREDITS
🎙️ Presenter: Bryony Gordon🧑 Guest: Vogue Williams📝 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan🛠️Studio Manager: Sam Chisholm🎧 Audio & Video Editor: Luke Shelley📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller
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The Life of YOU: Javeno McLean on Movement, Mindset & Living Without Limits
Welcome to The Life of YOU!
The bonus series where we tackle your dilemmas and share advice to navigate life’s trickier moments.
This week, I’m joined by the incredible Javeno McLean—personal trainer, community champion, and author of You Are Not Your Limits. Known for his viral videos that show people with disabilities achieving extraordinary things, Javeno’s message is simple: movement is for everyone.
Together, we answer your questions about
motivation, illness, self-confidence, parenting teens, and how to stop caring what other people think. Javeno offers practical advice and powerful reframes to help you move your body, quiet your inner critic, and fall back in love with who you are—just as you are.
Today:
💬 Ellie wants to move again after chronic
illness—but keeps comparing herself to the person she used to be.
🎮 Naomi worries her teenage son has lost
interest in physio—how can she support him without nagging?
🧠 Lucas is done with diet culture—but still
battles gym anxiety. Can you learn to move for joy, not punishment?
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voice note on 07796657512—just start your message with LOB
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lifeofbryony@dailymail.co.uk
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CREDITS
🎙 Presenter: Bryony Gordon
🎙 Guest: Javeno McLean
🎧 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan
🎥 Audio & Video Editor: Luke Shelley
📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller
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