00:04Hi, I'm Yinka Bokini and today I'm having a diet coat break with model and entrepreneur
00:08Felicity Hayward.
00:10We're talking all things lifestyle and wellness including stress management, body confidence
00:14and self love.
00:16Are you ready to begin?
00:17I feel like the way that you portray yourself is very commendable because as a woman in
00:22the media age, in the limelight, you know, getting paps and all this sort of stuff, yeah,
00:27there's always going to be a certain amount of negative attention.
00:30Where did you get the confidence from to like accept yourself?
00:33I think I came from a small town called Brayson Edmonds and I knew at like a young age when
00:39I decided to like throw bleach on my hair and I wanted to be blonde and I didn't want to
00:44be in my hometown so I kind of went out of my way to be very rebellious and then when
00:49you're in London you almost feel like you're accepted.
00:52I moved here when I was 17 and I just feel like a lot of my friends that here are
00:55all
00:56kind of these weirdos from different towns.
00:59Thanks.
01:00But yeah, it is Stress Awareness Month so how do you deal with stress?
01:05I think it's important to like whatever feelings that you have that you're stressed to get them
01:09out.
01:09I'm not necessarily saying put them on social media or put them, but even maybe just writing
01:13them in your notes.
01:14I used to teach autistic children before I was a model and we had this kind of idea when
01:19the autistic kids would get really really stressed out and frustrated about one thing I'd take
01:24them outside and we'd go what's wrong and they'd be like I didn't want the blue pencil.
01:28We would get that thought and we'd put it in our hands and pretend it was a ball and we
01:31would throw it.
01:32That kind of idea of taking that stress out whether it is writing something down.
01:37And also don't be scared to reach out for help.
01:39Well Felicity, I want to thank you for taking a Diet Coke break with me.
01:44Before you go, can you please let me know one motto that you live?
01:48Love yourself for being who you are.
01:51Before I start crying, we should go.
01:55Thanks for having me, babe.
02:07Thanks for having me, babe.
02:16You
