Editor's letter 5 July 2020: My unlikely therapist - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Editor’ s letter My unlikely therapist By You Magazine - July 5, 2020 YOU columnist Elizabeth Day and I are too old to be carrying on like screaming girls at a One Direction concert, but we realised the other day that we’ve found our midlife equivalent. We’re lucky enough to each own a Peloton – the at-home exercise bike seemingly taking over the world, that comes with a touchscreen hooking you up to endless on-demand spin classes with British and US-based instructors. Every single one of these looks like a supermodel: a supermodel, that is, with the charisma of a seasoned TV host, who can simultaneously pound those pedals for an hour while barking good-natured encouragement, without ever having to stop for even a tiny out-of-breath groan. They all have social-media followings to put a Hollywood A-lister to shame. They are, in short, the new pop stars. For grown-ups. Elizabeth and I were thrilled to discover we were both secretly obsessing over these people – if you could see our texts you would assume we were hormonal teens arguing over which of us gets to marry Harry Styles. But I think the real reason we’re invested in them is that, for different reasons, they’re the unwitting therapists who’ve entered our lives when we’ve needed them most. The endorphin rush of exercising helps, yes, but when my favourite instructor – Londoner Leanne Hainsby – is exuding twinkly-eyed joy via my touchscreen and telling me to ‘inhale confidence, exhale doubt’, well… scoff if you want, but silencing the diehard cynic within and just allowing myself to go with it has been transformational. Who would you pay tribute to as your unwitting motivational guru? In this issue we have the charming story of Georgie Williams, who chanced upon a long-forgotten book of handwritten recipes from 1968. Her decision to faithfully cook every single one of the 366 dishes (it was a leap year!) has created an entire community of fans on Instagram, leading to meaningful friendships and unexpected opportunities. All this and she may never know the identity of the book’s author, a woman she now feels inspired by and emotionally connected to from across the decades. You don’t have to know someone to have them influence your life in the most wonderful, enriching ways. In this week’s column, you will see that Elizabeth Day has been working through an intensely painful period of her life. Her willingness to be so heartbreakingly honest about it blows me away. Sharing her grief with us all is an act of huge generosity that I believe will in turn make her the unwitting therapist to many readers. Take a moment today to think about and honour the people in your life who have been there for you in ways they might not even realise. Elizabeth and I have been laughing at ourselves for just how obsessed we are with the pretty people on the bikes who cheer us up. But in all seriousness, those who spread positivity and kindness in their little corners inspire us all to smile and pass it on in our own little ways. The power of that, especially in this weird year, is priceless. Editor’ s picks A few things I’m coveting this week The tiniest blob yields big results. Face polish, £44.90, uk.sandandsky.com Summer in a shirtdress. Dress, £190, maisonkitsune.com My husband will hate these but I don’t care. Sandals, £169, whistles.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved