Psychologies

"I want to make people feel loved, supported, invigorated and good about themselves…,,

Andrea McLean has just come off air after squaring up to social media bullies, telling them she’s ‘not letting them get away with it any more’ and they should be ashamed of themselves. McLean, who suffered a mental breakdown in 2019, describes herself as ‘the most polite anarchist anyone could wish to meet’.

‘I am so polite you don’t even know your arse is being kicked,’ says the ‘Loose Women’ host, who is leaving the show at Christmas.

The presenter, journalist and author has been in broadcasting for 25 years and began her career presenting the weather. But her new vision is to inspire millions of women around the world to›‘live, learn›and thrive in a life they love’ through her female empowerment site, This Girl is

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