Lessons I've Learned Hardcover – 22 Sept. 2016

I’m 69, I’m a soul searcher, meaning I’ve spent a good deal of my life trying to work out who I am and why I am. I’ve been a Davina fan since her MTV days and that is the reason I decided to read this book. Just a vague, fan interest.However! I will be recommending this book to whoever will listen. I’ll give it as a present. I want as many people to read it as possible. Many of the things Davina ‘has learned’, I have already learned myself and they have, absolutely, changed my life for the better. There are also a few things that have opened a new conversation in my head, given me another perspective. I love a different point of view. It’s never too late to try to improve.Davina writes as though she’s chatting over a coffee. It’s easy to read, it’s not a preachy, holier than thou, do as I say and life will be perfect. She’s one of us, imperfect, just as nature intended and, therefore, perfect, flaws and all. This book allows for that and offers helpful advice. What’s not to love 🤷🏻‍♀️?

Written as if you’re sitting down together with a cuppa - really enjoyed this positive, story telling account. A feel good read with loads of great tips for a happy, fun life full of gratitude.

Very good book my wife loved it

I quite like Davina McCall, I like her energy, her enthusiasm and I like the fact she's open about the problems she's had in life. The chapters about her early life, her sister, fitness etc. they were great. They were heartwarming, sad and inspiring in equal measure. The chapters about her marriage though I found supremely irritating and smug to the point of being almost unreadable. I put the book down and didn't read it for a few weeks and then ploughed on past the saccharine to some later chapters I'm glad I read.It's a bit like children really. You may think your own children are fabulous and funny but the rest of the world probably sees them as an irritation. Hearing about someone else's marriage is a bit cringeworthy and felt like some of the less honest sections of the book.Update - Isn't it really interesting that the marriage section felt so irritating when shortly afterwards they split up? Perhaps in retrospect she should rerelease this book without that section as there was a reason the advice felt disingenuous.

I last read a celebrity autobiography about 20 years ago and wasn't particularly impressed by the spectrum of reviews so I hesitated about buying this. I was curious though (also as a daughter of an alcoholic) as to how Davina has such an amazing joie de vivre and (also as a qualified coach) what she has learned along the way. Her writing style is really informal (lots of lols!) and I wondered initially whether it was going to lack substance but it didn't - it was simply an easy read that had me in laughter and tears and really touched my soul. Whilst some think she's patronising, I think she's just passionate about her values and also very humble and honest about the parts of her that she doesn't like and how she's worked so hard to become the best version of herself. I related to her paradox of having the serious and mischievous sides and appreciated how she conveyed her ways to embrace them. She sheds light and shares tips on aspects of life that were in the dark for me (like menopause and having a dignified death) and is highly inspirational about not moaning, being a role model, faking it til you make it and above all, prioritisation of family and friends. Really recommended!

I never write reviews on Amazon but this time I've made an exception. This was an utterly brilliant book that really spoke to me; I know I'm going to read it again and again. I loved the writing style, it felt like sitting down with a really close friend for a coffee and a good natter. Davina is very honest and doesn't try to make us believe she is living the perfect life - but there is some really good, down-to-earth, useful advice that I will definitely follow - in fact I'm already doing so.

I've recently started reading this. I love Davina and was really enjoying the book until I found it kept jumping all over the place (Kindle edition). I've read many books on my Kindle (obvs) and have never had this sort of problem before, but the book seems to suddenly take a leap to an entirely different place, e.g. going to the next page takes me to a page that obviously ISN'T the next page, then to a list of 'note headings' so I click on the one I thought I was reading only to find it's a whole chunk I've not read before. I've tried several times to go back to the beginning to reach the point at which it appeared to go awry, but in doing so go through lists and episodes that are 'new', even though I'd already passed that point. I can't make head or tale of it. There's nothing wrong with my Kindle (other books are fine) - is anyone else having this problem? I've checked it against the hardback version in the local Tesco so I see how the book is constructed, with lists etc, but that doesn't explain why it's jumping all over the place on my Kindle (and my fingers aren't at fault!!!). Apart from that, I was enjoying the book and really want to read it but have abandoned it and think I may have to resort to the hardback.

What a life, what an outlook on life! I so enjoyed reading this, lessons were valuable and thought provoking. I really like Davina, having known very little about her previously.

Ho visto su you tube alcuni episodi di Long Lost Family UK per tenermi allenata con l'inglese. Così ho conosciuto questa presentatrice londinese, un po' lenta, che dimostrava grande emotività ed empatia: fuori dal mio stereotipo di donna inglese. Poi ho visto alcuni stralci del Big Brother inglese, di cui lei è stata presentatrice per anni, e mi è sembrata piena di energia, un po' strana, e molto al di sopra delle righe.Ho acquistato il suo libro perchè mi incuriosivano, appunto, le sue contraddizioni e perchè Davina ha un accento che io capisco. (Oltre al libro ho acquistato l'audibile che lei stessa legge)Sono molto soddisfatta. Sia perchè imparo l'inglese senza fatica e di gusto, sia perchè i contenuti del libro mi danno uno spaccato di una vita piena, raccontata con sincerità e ironia.