The Florence Given Show
The Florence Given Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Florence Given, blending motivational speaking, philosophy, humor, sexuality, spirituality, and personal power. Each episode serves as a permission slip to take up space and live authentically. Florence Given is a bestselling author and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree known for her empowering content and books like Women Don't Owe You Pretty.
Episodes
Stop optimising your life, start being silly again!
Did you forget that life is supposed to be for fun?! Are you optimising your life within a poor inch of its life?Me too. Today I’m talking about how I’ve been so focused on work, work, work, optimising, strategising, planning - that I started to take life a little too seriously again. This is for any of you who have remembered and forgotten, over and over again, that life gets to be
The trap of being too independent.
This is for the hyper-independent girlies who need to fucking relax.Today I talk about ‘operation delegation’ - my mission to delegate projects, responsibilities and tasks in my life - so that I can stop bearing the cross of being the Woman Who Struggled Doing It All Herself. Learning how to receive help, ask for it and delegate things in your life is INSANELY FUCKING HARD beca
Why women shame each other for being happy.
Someone left a comment on a video of me dancing saying “...and what does this do for feminism?”. Nothing. It does absolutely nothing. And that is ALLOWED.In this episode, we're talking about guilt-tripping women for expressing joy, why suffering has become the "correct" way to exist, and why it's other women, not men, we fear the most for it._________Please leave us a REVIEW and rate
hating yourself is boring.
In a totally unplanned episode, I discuss the differences I’ve noticed between British girls and American girls in how he approach our insecurities - and my theories about why British women are more self deprecating.Hint: It’s not that we hate ourselves more, it’s that we’re not given cultural permission to want MORE - and that we’re encouraged socially to be humble, small and hate oursel
HELP! I’ve lost my spark!
What do you do when life stops giving you goosebumps? When you look back with envy at old photos of yours having a great time wondering where the hell did my spark go?! Today I am replying to a DM that I received from someone about losing their spark, I have lost my spark so many times - I even wrote an entire book called WOMEN LIVING DELICIOUSLY about how to get it back.The magic is
The loneliness of outgrowing your friends.
Someone asked me in the comments of an episode on YouTube ‘can you make an episode about the loneliness of outgrowing the people you love?’.It is brutal and it truly hurts like hell. You’ve achieved everything you want. You’ve become the woman you always dreamed of. And now, you’re being punished for it. ….WHAT?!!! Yeah. It’s crazy. And no one talks about it. Because you fe
If you’re feeling stuck, LISTEN TO THIS.
Today’s episode is a SHORT AND SWEET dose of motivation to get yourself moving. Stop waiting to feel ready. Decide that you are right NOW. _________Please leave us a REVIEW and rate our show if you loved this episode! 🌟Follow me on Instagram @florencegiven Follow the podcast @theflorencegivenshowBuy my NEW BOOK here: https://linktr.ee/womenlivingdeliciouslyWatch + join the
How to live a magical life and get everything you want.
Do you believe in MAGIC?! Today I’m discussing my experience of ‘magic week’ - the week in my life where I got everything I wanted - and how it’s a frequency I can now tap into with sustained repetition and focus. This is an episode for anyone in a slump, or anyone that feels like they’ve lost their spark. It’s never a chase away, you don’t need to do more. You just need to act
You have the right to be annoying as fuck.
Today’s episode is for every woman that has secretly feared she’s annoying. WELCOME TO THE CLUB! This episode is about how to survive shame, criticism and public shaming from the woman who has literally been through it all. I talk about surviving harsh criticism in my life and why trying to be ‘cool’ is killing the artist in you. Let’s dive in!!_________Please leave us a REVIEW and r
How to set goals so audacious that it turns you on
Possibly one of my most audacious pep talks YET.If you want to achieve a BIG goal and discover that you have super human abilities, collapse the time you have given yourself to achieve it. It forces you to drop every excuse that you make for yourself. Today is a BIG energy pep talk on why you should be fucking crazy enough to believe that you can achieve the impossible. I share my st
Morning joy INJECTION ⚡
Listen to this first thing in the morning to set your mind and your actions onto their most delicious, highest timeline! Today’s episode is a short one, filled with musings about joy, some affirmations and the prayer I say to myself every morning to remind myself that I am in control of the way my day goes - before the world barges in. -The day ahead is nothing but scattered ato
Your body thinks your creative dreams are dangerous.
Today we’re talking about EXPANSION and how our minds subconsciously create drama in our lives to actually avoid getting the thing we want. We’re talking about why you keep self-sabotaging just when things get good, and how to take small leaps so that you feel safe enough to hold more. This is for the woman who can’t seem to get things moving with her business or art, despite investi
The things we pretend not to know.
In today’s episode we are embodying RADICAL self honesty, and we’re confronting the things we pretend we don’t know about our lives, ourselves and the people around us. We’re looking at the ugly truth. This is an episode for the person that’s ready to confront the thing you’re avoiding. That the relationship you’re in isn’t right for you. That you should probably quit
what if you allowed yourself to be mediocre?
Today I’m giving you permission to show up as a fucking amateur, sloppily throw yourself into action and be mediocre. It’s sort of the opposite of a motivational speech, except that this is actually going to get you to take that FIRST step. Because mediocrity is the foundation upon which greatness gets built.This is an episode for anyone that has struggled with perfectionism and hoards th
I quit social media for 10 days (and drove into the desert)
I drove myself into the californian desert completely alone, and spent 10 whole days off social media. Today I’m chatting about the magical experiences I had, my boundaries with social media and my ever-shifting relationship with the internet.Let’s get into it!…..Please leave us a REVIEW and rate our show if you loved this episode! 🌟Follow me on Instagram @florencegiven Follow the po
Can I be ambitious without coffee?
I literally have no idea who I am without coffee and for the first time in my life, I’ve quit drinking it!Today I’m recording my FIRST episode in my brand new LA apartment and I’m catching you up on my life, why I’ve quit coffee (for now!), the journey I’m going on to unlearn urgency and trust that my creativity is accessible from a place of ease and without caffeine. It’s a new era for T
LOVER GIRL, YOU NEED BOUNDARIES!
This is not just another pep talk about boundaries. Today we’re getting into the nitty gritty of what that looks like and sharing some of my own personal experiences with struggling to set them. Because when you’re a lover girl with a BIG fat fucking open heart and you’re used to letting people walk all over you - boundaries don’t feel kind. It feels cruel. It feels like you’re being MEAN
Let’s talk about The Good Girl Wound.
OKAY! My exhausted, burnt out, people-pleasing girlies. BUCKLE IN. This one is for you. If you’re someone who overextends themselves in friendships and relationships and ends up in a bitter cycle of resentment and exhaustion, THIS IS A PEP TALK FOR YOU! If you’re someone who secretly fears that if they followed their desires, and put their foot on the gas, their entire world would fa
EMBARRASSMENT IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR EXCELLENCE.
You can't be GREAT without being SHIT first. The messy ‘middle’ work between where you want to be and where you are is unavoidable. Failure and embarrassment is the tax you pay for creative success. So you might as well go for it and get the shit parts out of the way!In today’s episode I’m sharing a rant of gratitude towards my past, audacious and courageous self. Because I would be nowhe
Are you creatively blocked?
Today we’re talking about how I convene with my CREATIVE GODS! Chatting all about my creative process, how I unblock myself creatively and how I live a life centered around MAGIC! I don’t feel the spark all the time, but it mostly comes from keeping small promises to myself and showing up to create even when I don’t feel like it. This was recorded last year and we lost the video file
so…how do you handle the haters?
Ok in today’s episode I am going FULL big sister mode. No bullshit. I am holding the hands of anyone being bullied, isolated, shamed or excluded and giving you the big sister pep talk I never received. I want you to return to this episode every time you forget who you are, any time you receive a negative comment online or from someone in your life. You’re ascending. Keep going.
Your Intuition Is Always Right.
Today I am discussing why women are ALWAYS right!Just kidding.But…also…not really?!In today’s episode I’m talking about how to trust your intuition as a FACTS machine, and sharing how I experience my own intuition - how it has both saved me from people that were dangerous, and also allowed me to create the most incredible, magical connections in my life.Your goal is to no longer look for
The dangers of being a highly magnetic woman
This isn’t something I’ve heard a lot of people talk about before…because most of us in life are just trying to BECOME magnetic in the first place. But what happens when you get there? When you learn to recover your spark, and you’re so radiant that you just..pull EVERYTHING in? And how can you discern what was divinely sent to you, versus something that just happened to be drawn to your
How to flirt with life (so that life flirts back)
You know when you’re walking home from a great night out, a date, or a shag - and you have a little skip in your step? Everything feels alive, juicy, PULSATING with potential?You can flip that shit on whenever you want. In today’s episode I talk about how I switch on my magnetism with nothing but a good playlist and a smirk that lets myself and the whole WORLD know I believe that som
The Longer You Linger, the Deeper the Magic
I meditated before this episode and…I think you can tell?! Meditating is one of the hardest things for me to do, even though I know the profound effects it has on my levels of daily happiness, creativity and heightened presence. In this episode we explore the necessary discomfort that comes with growth and the rewards that await us when we choose to LINGER in the discomfort instead of run
The Art of LINGERING
When did it become embarrassing to be joyful? Why are we all in a rush? Why does it feel so awkward to want connection, and smile at people and be HAPPY?! Why does seeking connection feel like such a terrifyingly vulnerable thing?In today’s episode I discuss my fascination with LINGERING, and how practising it intentionally in small moments of my life - pausing to notice the flowers, smil
A Good Outfit Is a SPELL
If you wear a good enough outfit, reality bends to YOU!Fashion isn’t frivolous. Feeling BEAUTIFUL isn’t frivolous. It’s fucking fun. And having fun is the most spiritual thing you can do. In today’s episode I talk about the power of using fashion, clothes and styling as a DANGEROUS and sexy spell to cast over yourself, shifting your energy, and snapping yourself into delicious alignm
Are You the ‘Therapist Friend’?
Are you the person that others feel comfortable sharing their darkest fears, secrets, and trauma with? Are you you the one that everyone dumps on? Does it quietly EXHAUST you?I recorded this realisation for you as soon as it came through to me - in the middle of cooking dinner in my hoodie, so this one is FRESH OFF THE FLOSSY PRESS!I have always played the ‘big sister’ role in my friendsh
You Don't Need To Post About Everything
Do you ever feel so f*cking fatigued by the false urgency of needing to document everything for social media? Do you ever worry that experiences are wasted if you cannot turn them into an essay, painting, song, or piece of content?In this episode I explore a philosophy and a deliciously soothing balm for the modern anxiety of ‘I’m not creating enough quickly enough!!!’ - I share the radic
AUDACITY INJECTION ⚡ Make People Say “WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS?”
NO MORE HUMBLE CRUMBLE IN 2026! This is the only pep talk you will EVER need to supercharge your confidence and AUDACITY when you’ve lost your spark. Every single woman on the planet needs this audio injected into her soul, veins…energy field…everything. Listen to it every single morning, week, month or during any wobbly moment in your life when your people pleasing, good-girl condit
My Big Fat Crush on Los Angeles (Part Two)
This is Part 2 of the story of my DELICIOUS love affair with Los Angeles, following my intuition halfway around the world and creating my dream life in LA. If you’re just joining, go back and listen to Part 1!In this episode, I take you through the journey of getting on the plane to move my whole life in three gorgeous red suitcases to Los Angeles - a city I’d only visited for a week - ov
My Big Fat Crush on Los Angeles
In today’s episode, I’m finally telling you the magical story of my love affair with Los Angeles - how it began - and why I decided to sell almost everything I owned and break it off with my life in London, just to be with her.This is part 1 of 2. In today’s episode I’ll take you through the magical synchronicities that led to my first visit in LA, how I decided to move here within 24 hou
✨ Slow Down - The Magic is in the Journey
Welcome to the first pep talk of The Florence Given Show! In this episode I introduce a sexy reframe for your anxiety: what if the future didn’t scare you, what if it turned you on EXISTENTIALLY? This episode is for BOTH the person that’s unhappy with where they’re at in life and feels terrified for the future - and for the person who’s already living their dream life, but can’t
Our First Date (Who The Fuck is Florence Given?!)
Good fucking morning, welcome to our first date! Before I sweep you into my stories, weekly philosophical rants and motivational speeches, I thought it would be a delicious idea to start at the beginning: who the f*ck is Florence Given? What’s the story with this new podcast? Why didn’t I just carry on with my old one?!If you’re new to my world, this will catch you up. And if you’ve been
INTRODUCING...The Florence Given Show
This is the show you'll listen to when you’re done playing it SMALL.Hosted by Florence Given, The Florence Given Show is a podcast that fuses motivational speaking, philosophy, humour, sexuality, spirituality and personal power into one delicious, hypnotic world. Every episode is a permission slip for you to take up SO much space that it makes people think “who does she think she is?”. It
