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Karen Arthur on leaving London for Hastings
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Karen Arthur on leaving London for Hastings

The brilliant Karen Arthur - fashion creative, podcaster, Instagrammer and menopause activist - on deciding to leave London for St Leonards-on-Sea, in her late 50s…

I met Karen Arthur on a spiritual retreat some years ago and have loved following her ever since. She started the #wearyourhappy hashtag, celebrating bright colours and bold patterns and joy, in general. In this episode, we talk about her lovely childhood in Oxfordshire, being desperate to leave and - eventually - move to London, a spell in Helsinki, working as a dance teacher, raising two daughters, the difficult separation from their father and shaking things up in her late 50s, after a breakdown/ breakthrough. She now lives in St Leonards-on-Sea, in Hastings, and tells me whether or not she feels this is now ‘home’.

Show notes:

Listen to Karen’s podcast, Menopause whilst Black.

Follow her on Instagram: thekarenarthur.

Check out The Joy Retreat.

Photo credit Mr Perou

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A bestselling collection of work/life essays that will get you thinking and doing. Ranking global top 30 in Philosophy. By Annie Ridout (author, journalist, poet).