Davina McCall

But then like, you know, hearing this song and feeling like I could go out there on that stage and not only make beautiful lines, but everything had a purpose behind it.

And even though nobody knew it, I was living my truth out there through dance.

And that was so therapeutic for me.

Yeah, I always, it's a consistent.

I think anytime I move, there is trauma there.

But I, you know, I have a dance academy now.

and because of those experiences and having a purpose to want to give back to the next generation and really make a difference.

And I've worked a lot with a neuroscientist, Susan Greenfield, to understand the mind and emotions and imagination and what that can do through music and movement.

And so when I'm working with kids that have been bullied or they're dealing with neurodiversity or just feeling not accepted, now I can sort of tell them this tough stuff you are delivered can be a gift.

Because we only experience things to a certain extent for some.

And so that's all you have as an artist to give to a routine or to music.

Right.

When that becomes a bigger well of experience and emotion to pull from, that can be looked at as a gift.

You can find a way to find forgiveness for stuff so that you can use it as a tool for your own self-expression, which is a gift.

Yeah, I do think, I don't want to trivialise it because everybody's experiences are so different.

But even the darkest of my times and of being alone, I moved to LA and I had nobody.

How old were you when you did that?

So I worked on cruise ships at 17, then moved when I was 19 years old.

17 on cruise ships?

Yeah.