#4 Holly Matthews – The Happy Me Project

I’m joined this week by Holly Matthews. Holly is a former TV actress on shows such as Byker Grove and Waterloo Road, Ted X speaker, a no bullshit self development coach, NLP practitioner and founder of The Happy Me Project.

Holly has established a strong social media following of engaged fans, has over 40,000 followers across her social platforms and over 3 million views on her award-winning You Tube Channel.

In 2017, Holly’s husband Ross died of brain cancer and she vlogged about her experience. In the aftermath, Holly launched her flagship brand The Happy Me Project, just months after the death of her husband, to show people that life an be tough, but yet amazing at the same time.

During our discussion we hear about how having an escape to be creative is so important not just in our youth but throughout life, why entrepreneurship, failure and earning money in business is not something to be ashamed off, and critically that if you can accept and understand that pain and suffering are just a part of our human experience, you can really begin to build an amazing life.

I really enjoyed learning more about Holly, and her story, and I hope you do to.

LINKS & RESOURCES

Instagram: @hollymatthews84 & @channelmum vlogger

Twitter: @hollymatthews

https://www.ted.com/talks/holly_matthews_tough_luck_accepting_life_s_unfairness_will_set_you_free

https://www.iamhollymatthews.com/

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