The Life of YOU: Abigail Dean on Perfectionism, Motherhood & Creative Risk

QUICK SURVEY – TELL US WHAT YOU'RE LOVING: We’re running a short survey to get to know you better—so we can keep making the kind of episodes you actually want to hear. Takes 2 mins, promise: https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=3 Welcome to The Life of YOU! 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 bestselling author and former lawyer Abigail Dean—writer of the Sunday Times hit Girl A and the powerful new novel The Death of Us. Today: 💼 Lily asks whether she’s wasting her ‘successful’ career—and how to start living a life that feels like hers. 📝 We discuss the myth of perfect creativity, and why done is always better than perfect. 👶 Katie wonders if she’s cut out for motherhood—can you ever really know before it happens? ⸻ WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU 🗣 Got a question or a story to share? Text or send a voice note on 07796657512—just start your message with LOB 💬 Use the WhatsApp shortcut: https://wa.me/447796657512?text=LOB 📧 Prefer email? Drop us a line at lifeofbryony@dailymail.co.uk If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who might need it—it really helps! Bryony xx ⸻ CREDITS 🎙 Presenter: Bryony Gordon 🎙 Guest: Abigail Dean 🎧 Content Producer: Jonathan O’Sullivan 🎥 Audio & Video Editor: Luke Shelley 📢 Executive Producer: Mike Wooller A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices