“I’m a natural people pleaser,” says Frankie Bridge, sharing her life lesson
FRANKIE Bridge has revealed how her mentality changed in the years since she found fame in S Club Juniors.
The 35-year-old singer confessed that she struggled with perfectionism and her distance from the stage.
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Frankie has gained a legion of fans from being in girl band The Saturdays, writing books, hosting a podcast and being a panellist on ITV’s Loose Women.
She is also a busy mother to sons Parker and Carter, along with her husband Wayne Bridge.
Despite being an artist from a young age, Frankie admitted she was full of ‘nerves’ after being invited to speak on Stylist Live on Saturday.
She spoke candidly about her business and the biggest lessons she’s learned in a video shared Stylist Magazine Instagram account.
“I would say my biggest life lesson is realizing that not everyone is going to like me,” she said.
“I think when you’re younger you try so hard to please everyone.
“I’m a natural people pleaser, but as I got older I realized it doesn’t really matter.
“Put yourself in a room full of people, do you like all the people in that room?”
Frankie said understanding that “life isn’t linear” has been a big lesson for her.
She talked about how much her desires and life have changed since she started working at the age of 12.
“There was a time when I just wanted to be an artist and just sing and dance,” she said.
“When I stopped doing that, I thought: if I don’t do that, who am I, what am I, what’s next?
“But actually people have side hustles these days, people have passion projects and jobs that bring in the money.
“You have to think about what you want to do and know that you are not stuck with it for the rest of your life.”
Frankie said she has had to learn not to be hard on herself while focusing on making other people happy.
“I had to learn that I can’t always give everything 100 percent,” she says.
“Being kind and taking care of yourself is very important, especially as you get older.”
Hundreds of people liked the video and said they could relate to Frankie’s reflections.
One person described her as ‘inspirational’, while another praised her for giving such ‘great advice’.
Earlier this year, Frankie reflected on the beginning of her career on Spencer Matthew’s Big Fish podcast.
She described spending all her money from her time as a teenager on the charts as one of her “biggest regrets.”
“I think my parents always felt that they made me work from such a young age, that they couldn’t tell me what to use my money for and what to spend it on,” she said.
Frankie worked in retail and at Sugar Hut nightclub in Essex before being catapulted to stardom in The Saturdays.
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