‘MY BIGGEST MOTIVATION is staying alive for my children’
Julia Bradbury is in London’s Holland Park admiring the fractal patterns of nature when a class of chattering primary-school children parade past, a vision of fluorescent high-vis. ‘How lovely is that?’ smiles the former BBC Countryfile presenter.
Having grown up in the East Midlands and Yorkshire, Julia has always been appreciative of her surroundings. Childhood walks in the Peak District, close to where she went to school in Sheffield, paved the way for a career in natural world programming, and she has long been an advocate of green therapy.
It’s why, one week before her woman&home cover shoot, we’re meeting for her interview in one of her favourite open spaces in London.
‘I’ve promised myself that I will be outside every single day. I want to feel the daylight, whether it’s rain or shine,’ says Julia. ‘Being among trees reduces your stress levels, increases love hormone oxytocin, can lower blood pressure and just makes you feel happy.’
