Live A Little with Nikki Lilly

on this episode of live a little, nikki is joined by the host of hit podcast "the psychology of your 20s" jemma sbeg! jemma and nikki dive into the universal struggle of making plans in your 20s, friendship breakups and the complicated grief that comes with them and how to appreciate the nuance in friendships. jemma also shares some psychology tea: love languages are overused... and do you know wh...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... and on this episode, nikki brings back 'live a letters' to answer your questions about life! covering everything from anxiety to friendship betrayal, practicing forgiveness and how to be a better friend to yourself, nikki is getting brutally honest and sharing her own experiences along the way. nikki also shares her recent experience with anxiety i...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... on this episode, nikki is talking about something she has never admitted out loud before: sometimes she feels the need to exaggerate her pain so that people believe her. nikki opens up about the "how are you feeling?" and "what's your pain out of ten?" questions that have haunted her entire life - especially in hospital settings. but these numbers...

you might recognise our guest from the hit film 'my fault: london', the bbc series 'a good girl's guide to murder' or even as one of the most exciting new artists... asha banks joins nikki lilly on this episode of live a little! on this episode, nikki and asha talk about being introverts in an extrovert industry, being accomplished at a young age and navigating a world that tries to put you in a b...

on this episode of live a little, nikki is getting deeply vulnerable talking about why she feels unlovable, despite knowing logically that people love her. there's a crucial difference between knowing you're loved and believing you're lovable, especially romantically. nikki gets brutally honest about her rejection sensitivity - she's never been in a "proper" romantic relationship at nearly 22, so...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... this week nikki is reunited with someone she's known for a very long time: musician, songwriter, author and youtuber dodie. they kick things off reminiscing about the first time they met (when nikki had a massive nosebleed!!) and they became best friends from that moment. they dive deep into something that both of them struggle with - the curse of...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... this week comes with a content note for conversations around trauma, disability and health struggles. nikki is reunited with someone incredibly special - katie piper. it's been 8 years since they last sat down together for an interview. they're each other's "safe person" - the kind of no-BS zone where they don't need small talk or pretence, which i...

on this episode of live a little, nikki lilly is joined by someone she's been wanting to have on for ages - writer, creator, and poet david larbi. nikki and david immediately click as "friends in waiting" - those people you follow and just know you'd get on with, but need that in-person connection to solidify it. they explore the importance of never dismissing what you feel - because denying an em...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... this week comes with a gentle note that nikki is diving deep into grief and loss. nikki opens with open tabs - the tab she's loving, the tab living rent free and the tab that needs closing. but this episode is really about something nikki's been unpicking in therapy - what it's like to grieve a version of yourself that you never got to have or a li...

welcome back to live a little.. this week nikki, is sitting down with actor and longtime friend tobie donovan (from heartstopper)! nikki and tobie dive straight into cinema room dreams, the academy museum in LA (dorothy's shoes! maria's dress! the shark from jaws!), and letterboxd panic about whether to be honest or cool with your top four films. tobie opens up about the pivotal moment that made h...

on this episode of live a little with nikki lilly... nikki is getting real about something she's been spiralling about recently: how her world has become very, very small, and how she keeps waiting for the right moment instead of actually living. nikki opens up about living life like it's a waiting room - waiting to feel better, waiting to be less tired, waiting to be more confident, waiting for s...

trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of suicide, grief, trauma, and mental health struggles on this episode of live a little, we're picking up from last week's episode, as nikki lilly is once again joined by mental health advocate and campaigner ben west. our conversation starts with ben explaining why his brother, sam, believed that once you got depression, you never don't have depr...

trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of suicide, grief, trauma, and mental health struggles on this episode of live a little, nikki lilly is joined by someone she's admired for a long time - mental health advocate and campaigner ben west. this is an episode that's especially important to nikki, and it's the first time she's had a male guest on the podcast (and if it had to be anyone,...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... your girl is back from los angeles and the oscars, and she's ready to debrief! in this episode, nikki takes us through the entire LA trip - from the 35-degree heat that had her sweating off her makeup (goodbye bomber jacket, hello vest tops) to the absolutely chaotic rush hour drive home that should've been 50 minutes but took two and a half hours....

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... and we're picking up right where we left off with charithra chandran for part two of this honest, vulnerable conversation. this episode starts with charithra answering nikki's question from last week about her biggest regret of assimilation - and it's a painful memory... nikki and charithra share their school experiences, the hilarious and heartbre...

we've got a very special guest on this episode of live a little! nikki is sitting down with british actor charithra chandran! you might recognise charithra chandran from her starring roles in bridgerton (as edwina sharma), alex rider (on amazon prime), how to date billy walsh and dune: prophecy! nikki and charithra dive straight into the realities of being in the entertainment industry - from the...

we have an super exciting episode of live a little for you... as nikki lilly shares the behind the scenes exclusive of her invitation to the attend the Oscars (aka the biggest night in film!). nikki takes us through the surreal journey of how she even got here - from a casual coffee meeting with the academy in april, to finally getting the invite in november. she opens up about the imposter syndro...

welcome back to live a little... this week's episode title might sound a bit harsh, but hear nikki out - because she's learned there's a massive difference between being a nice person and being a kind person. nikki dives into why she doesn't want to be nice anymore - and no, it's not about being mean. she gets real about how being "nice" became a survival mechanism for her, especially in her teena...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... on this episode, nikki is fresh off speaking at the united nations (!!) and she's ready to dive into something completely different - personality tests. nikki kicks things off with a new sub-segment called "open tabs" - basically everything that's been living rent free in her head this week. from being obsessed with the winter olympics, to that hea...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... this week it's another live a letters episode, where nikki answers your questions, dilemmas, and everything in between! on this episode, nikki is diving into five really good questions from the live a little community. from how to find comfort during hard mental health days (including some guilty pleasure tv watches!) to her favourite/least favouri...

this week's episode of live a little is an honest one, filmed the day after nikki had a nosebleed at a bafta event - so she's not quite herself, but that's exactly the point. in this episode, nikki lilly is diving into what it's really like to go quiet for a while, and why romanticising being alone doesn't have to feel shameful or scary. she gets real about the difference between enjoying your own...

trigger warning: this episode may contain discussions of weight loss and eating disorders we are joined with another guest this week, it's author, body positive activist and presenter megan jayne crabbe! on this episode, nikki and megan sit down and get raw and honest about their impact and influence when it comes to creating content. megan discusses the pressures of always having to be the 'body...

welcome back to live a little with nikki lilly... this week is extra special because we have our very first guest! nikki is sitting down with actor emily carey. you might recognise emily from all of our favourite shows, including netflix's geek girl and hbo's house of the dragon. on this episode, emily gets real about why school wasn't a good place for them, being a self-proclaimed geek, and how a...

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions about eating disorders and weight loss. in this vulnerable and deeply personal episode of live a little, nikki is diving into the topic of control - how it shows up in our lives in both healthy and unhealthy ways, and why we clutch onto it so tightly when everything else feels uncertain. nikki gets real about losing control over her body and child...

ready to hear nikki's response to your questions? on this episode of live a little, it's all about your dilemmas in our new segment: live a letters. on this episode of live a little, nikki is getting into all things red flags and green flags in dating, reclaiming happiness and she breaks down how people pleasing might be taking over your life... nikki also gives you the key to finding the right th...