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'I had to shut half of me off or I don't believe I would've survived being thrown into fame so quick' with Suzanne Shaw.

Listen to this episode from ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast on Spotify. Suzanne Shaw shot to instant fame in 2001 as part of the winning pop group 'Hearsay' on the very first reality show 'Popstars' in the UK. What followed was a whirlwind career.

Suzanne Shaw shot to instant fame in 2001 as part of the winning pop group ‘Hearsay’ on the very first reality show ‘Popstars’ in the UK. What followed was a whirlwind career. The group’s debut single was the fastest selling non-charitable record in UK chart history, selling over 1.3 million copies. They went on to have 2 number one records and 4 top 10 hits. They had their own Saturday night TV show Hear’say It’s Saturday, performed at the Royal Variety Show with Elton John, and headlined their own hit UK tour. When they split in 2003, Suzanne carved a successful career in musical theatre, plays and television.

At the start of 2020, Suzanne spoke openly about her battle with mental health and that by making some big lifestyle changes it helped reduce her depression and anxiety.

Such an in depth conversation this week with Suzanne, as Founder Glenn Marsden discusses not only a career that has seen some incredible highlights but also what comes with being thrust into stardom at such heights and so quickly. We hear about the effects it can have on your mental wellbeing and how Suzanne navigated through this period, on one hand enjoying her passion of performing on stage but on the other finding herself having to shut half of herself off due to seeing weekly articles on her private life rather than what she was there to do.

We also hear all about her latest project the 'Shaw Happy Plan' in which from such an overwhelming response from her followers and the media with Suzanne documenting her own journey, she developed a movement through her social platform to help so many others worldwide with lifestyle habits and changes.

To find out more information about Suzanne and to keep up to date with her latest projects, you can find her across her social media platforms at: @suzi_shaw

Be sure to also make a donation through her funding page via her socials as she takes on her first Marathon in aid of raising funds for Mental Health.

She will be running 19 hours for the 19 people who take their lives everyday in the UK. All proceeds will go to the Samaritans.

Britain's Suzannne Shaw gets behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Global Efforts.

'Being honest. Being an honest person. I still do and try to be something I am not if I am around a certain environment or if I am speaking to certain people...

‘Being honest. Being an honest person. I still do and try to be something I am not if I am around a certain environment or if I am speaking to certain people because I feel I am such a terrible person at wanting people to like me, but the minute I am honest, that is ME, that is my RAW. That’s who I am. I have my flaws, I have my faults, I can’t know everything, I can’t be able to do everything but at the same time now give myself the credit where credit is due. So it’s being honest, imperfectly perfect’ - @suzi_shaw

Suzanne Shaw shot to instant fame in 2001 as part of the winning pop group ‘Hearsay’ on the very first reality show ‘Popstars’ in the UK.

What followed was a whirlwind career. The group’s debut single was the fastest selling non-charitable record in UK chart history, selling over 1.3 million copies. They went on to have 2 number one records and 4 top 10 hits. They had their own Saturday night TV show Hear’say It’s Saturday, performed at the Royal Variety Show with Elton John, and headlined their own hit UK tour.

When they split in 2003, Suzanne carved a successful career in musical theatre, plays and television.

At the start of 2020, Suzanne spoke openly about her battle with mental health and that by making some big lifestyle changes it helped reduce her depression and anxiety. From an overwhelming response from her followers and the media, this has led to Suzanne documenting her journey further and creating the ‘Shaw Happy Plan’

Make sure to keep up to date with all of the incredible advocates getting behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Global Efforts by following all of our socials.

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Britain's Gemma Oaten Shares HER Story.

'Imperfectly Perfect to me means what I've lived my life by. There is no perfect. There is no normal. But if you live by Dr.Seuss you can't go wrong. 'Today ...

Be sure to click on the video link above to watch Founder; Glenn Marsden’s recent chat for the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast with Emmerdale Star Gemma Oaten as she shares her own personal story struggling in her early years with Body Image and Anorexia which led her down a dark path to experiencing a heart-attack.

'Today you are you that is truer than true' with British Actress Gemma Oaten.

'Imperfectly Perfect to me means what I've lived my life by. There is no perfect. There is no normal. But if you live by Dr.Seuss you can't go wrong. 'Today you are you that is truer than true.

Britain's very own Gemma Oaten joins Founder Glenn Marsden to share her own very personal and raw story in which saw her struggle from a young age with an eating disorder which ultimately led to a heart attack. We here all about her amazing recovery and her journey with the help of her incredible parents, we hear of an amazing career which saw Gemma turn her adversity in to a passion of utilising pain she had gone through into a long and successful acting career in to characters and we learn about her taking over as the main driving force behind Seed, a non for profit in which her parents commenced over 20 years ago to help other families dealing with eating disorders within the family.

You can also view all recorded podcast episodes via our youtube channel at Imperfectly Perfect Campaign.

Podcast Voice-Over: Mike Christenson of TheVoiceMonkey.com



Britain's very own Gemma Oaten gets behind the Imperfectly Perfect Campaign's Global Efforts

'Imperfectly Perfect to me means what I've lived my life by. There is no perfect. There is no normal. But if you live by Dr.Seuss you can't go wrong. 'Today ...

‘Imperfectly Perfect to me means what I’ve lived my life by. There is no perfect. There is no normal. But if you live by Dr.Seuss you can’t go wrong. Today you are you that is truer than true. There is no-one alive that is youer than you’ - Gemma Oaten.

We are so honoured to have @gemma.oaten getting behind @imperfectlyperfectcampaign global efforts and sharing her story, her mission and her advocacy to helping so many others dealing with struggles through her nfp @seedhull in which her incredible parents started over 20 years ago stemming from Gemma’s personal struggles with an eating disorder which led her to a heart attack at such a young age. Today see’s the @imperfectlyperfectcampaign wanting to help seed by asking you to head to their socials and find out how you can really make a difference for them in order for them to keep doing what they do for countless people through Covid.