Kate Garraway is a woman who has lived several lifetimes. There’s the broadcaster we all know: bright, curious, endlessly warm. And then there’s the Kate who has weathered unimaginable change, held a family together through crisis, and somehow emerged with her hope and positivity intact.

This episode isn’t a retelling of headlines - it’s the Kate we rarely hear: a woman learning how to breathe again after six years of being on high alert and re-discovering her joy.

We cover:
Losing her husband and life after grief
Kate's wild years in her 30s
How she met her late husband Derek
Growing up with low confidence
Starting out in the TV industry
Celebrity Traitors

Kate showed me that strength isn’t about being unbroken, it’s about allowing yourself to be broken and choosing to rebuild.

Kate Garraway is Great Company.

You can find out more about Kate's new project, The Sharing Life, here: https://thesharing.life/

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00:00 Coming up
01:25 Jamie’s intro
02:10 Kate on the Celebrity Traitors
10:07 The greatest gift Kate inherited from her parents
16:30 Kate leaving the fight or flight mentality behind
18:10 How Kate met her husband Derek
24:30 What attracted Kate to Derek
27:30 The importance of speaking your mind in relationships
30:18 Derek’s story
35:00 “I miss the Derek before 2020”
38:35 Kate on never waiting to say I love you
42:06 The butterfly effect of caring for someone
43:00 Kate on documenting Derek’s journey
46:25 The Sharing Life project
48:35 What grief has taught Kate
50:09 Kate on the importance of Vitamin D
53:40 The power of talking yourself into happiness
59:25 Would Kate ever date again?
1:01:32 Final 8 questions