Trinny Woodall: Why I Finally Stopped Compromising
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How did Trinny Woodall become the person she is today?
A lot of women are uncomfortable looking in a mirror. Yes. But whatever you feel uncomfortable with, it makes such a difference.
What challenges did Trinny face during her upbringing?
We've had 1.7 million customers at Trinidad. But there was a lot of madness.
Can we talk about that?
You started and finished a couple of businesses by your early 20s. Being self-employed is convenient when you have a drug problem because you kind of don't always get up at 8am to go to an office. By the time I was 20, I was using fully and it was slowly eroding my ambitions.
At what point did it become really unmanageable?
So much has to be removed from your life for you to think, I will do anything to change my life.
I want to talk about being in love.
There's been tremendous love and amazing experiences and real trauma and ultimately death. So I find it hard. Because of the trauma at the end, I found it really, really challenging to look back and really relish the joy of when it was great. And I think now I can. I spent many years in my life being something for other people. But the most important thing for a woman is to decide who I want to be for myself today.
How did addiction impact Trinny's life and career?
Tell us three actionable things that women could do to help themselves today. Trini, I have been literally so excited about this moment. I'm going to start off with a conversation that we had yesterday that really made me laugh. So you call me.
Yeah.
I'm somewhere. The phone is on the bed. I can't get to the phone.
What was Trinny's journey to recovery like?
So I look at Michael and I go, I think I'm going to get that. It could be one of the kids. I pick up my phone. I get back in the bath. So I'm in the bath and I look at my phone and it's you. I FaceTime you back because you FaceTime me. FaceTime me back immediately. I was like, Tony, hi. And you're like, oh, you're in the bath. And just please tell the story about Lila because Lila was so funny.
Okay, so I'll tell you. First of all, this is what happened. So Lila comes upstairs and we both got a bit of jet lag so we were away. She comes upstairs, you know, that morning 22-year-old. But she comes up quite animated and she goes... I just had a weird email from Jess. Jess is our lovely lady who runs our PR at Trinity London. About some weird letter I've been asked to write. And I said, I don't know what you're talking about. From this woman, Lavinia. Lavinia. Davina Lila? Yes, Davina. And I've got to write a letter about why I love you. I'm not fucking doing that. And I said, OK, this is news to me.
How did Trinny cope with the loss of her partner Johnny?
So I said, look, I said, you know, I don't know Davina anyway. Who is this weird woman? Who is this weird woman? I said, she's just fabulous. So then I spent a few minutes selling you in and I thought, no, I'll just FaceTime you. I'll just FaceTime you. It's better.
I mean, I'm just going to mention, I just want to mention one thing that you did that made me laugh so much that I never knew about you because you were five. That when you were five, your name wasn't Trinny until you were five.
What role did Trinny London play in her personal transformation?
Yeah, six-ish, yeah.
But you are so Trinny, it's so hilarious. But I had no reason, I had no knowledge of... Knowledge of Sarah Jane. No, and... Like where the word Trinny came from. I was like, oh, my God. This idea that you cut off a girl's plait when you were five.
How does Trinny view aging and self-image?
Yeah.
You're quite naughty. Like that is a big thing to do.
Yeah, it is a big thing.
And ballsy. Yeah. And somebody mentioned St Trinnyans, you know, because the naughty kids in St Trinnyans and you got the name Trinny from that. That you went from that to this thing.
The journey, your daughter must be very aware of who's... How much do you think kids of 22 are really aware of anything other than themselves?
I would almost bank on the idea that she is unbelievably proud of you and sees what you've achieved and knows that you've lost and made and lost and made. She'll know that.
Yeah, she... Yeah.
I think we are all selfish at that age. The world revolves around us.
But we're not unaware, is what you're saying. But we're not unaware. Yeah, and I think you're right in that regard. I think she is aware and I think that, like, when I even saw... When I saw her Instagram things and I thought one or two must have been inspired by, and she has a great sense of style, Lila.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Trinny Woodall become the person she is today?
0:00–0:08
2
What challenges did Trinny face during her upbringing?
0:08–1:08
3
How did addiction impact Trinny's life and career?
1:08–1:38
4
What was Trinny's journey to recovery like?
1:38–2:52
5
How did Trinny cope with the loss of her partner Johnny?
2:52–3:17
6
What role did Trinny London play in her personal transformation?
3:17–3:36
7
How does Trinny view aging and self-image?
3:36–6:44
8
What advice does Trinny have for women seeking happiness?
6:44–1:17:14
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