Lulu turned to therapy after addressing the "difficulties" she has faced in her upcoming new memoir 'If Only You Knew'.
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00:00I'm 76 I mean who knows how long I'm gonna last you know I'm on my way out you know what I mean
00:27I could maybe relate to some of my difficulties and some of the issues in my life in this book as well as the amazing life I've had but when you're famous or if you're rich if you look successful on the outside people think well you've got everything everything everything you know really and truly we all have issues we all have difficulties we all have challenges
00:53and those are not the things that fix it so I'm talking about everything and it's been intense I've had to go into therapy because when you've kept things down they lodge in your body and you can't kind of just you know access them easily you have to dig dig dig dig so it's been very intense
01:17and I talk about things that I have never spoken about before some real issues I've had in my life and if that's helpful to someone then I've done a good job you know but um I also talk about the amazing life
01:32my walk is to announce my brand new mental health charity which has come about because I have just finished writing still editing tweaking but finished writing my memoir
01:59and the reason for doing it is I'm 76 years old someone very close to me said to me you know people think they know Lulu and I'm like yeah who cares so what she said but nobody knows you and I went really she said no and then of course I started to talk more about it think about it
02:21when I was a child my mother used to drive me and she nagged me actually and say never wash your dirty linen in public
02:29which meant really the message I got was keep everything secret don't talk about things that are dark or difficult
02:37well that's not the world today the world today and I think it's better for it talks about it young people today can talk about their mental health issues their struggles in life you know
02:50whatever they we can all talk about things they're more open so I felt you know maybe now is the time