It is a show that has become essential on France 2. Since 2017, Faustine Bollaert has been in charge of It starts today, a moving program bringing together more than 1.3 million faithful every day. A success that can be explained by the wide variety of themes, ranging from the saddest to the most joyful. Although passionate about her job, the wife of Maxime Chattam is revealed upset by the presentation of the show. For four years now, the journalist and mother has been listening to guests talking about the most significant events of their existence. Of a benevolent nature, Faustine Bollaert ensures that she must mentally prepare before starting filming. "You have to condition yourself. I know that when I arrive on my show, I am in total empathy with my guests but before and after I put on my armor " she said at the microphone of Europe 1.
Faustine Bollaert called in a shrink
Faustine Bollaert's involvement in It starts today is so tall that the forty-something had to call a shrink. "At some point I have to tell someone how these subjects upset me, turned me around, made me ask myself questions. And I think it's not necessarily the role of my husband who I'm going to do arise from anxieties that do not exist at home. So I felt it was good to tell myself that there is someone that I pay, who is great, who listens to me to relieve the pressure and who could be available for stories after" she confided before continuing: "There are times when I told myself I had to start putting some distance". Despite the upheaval, Faustine Bollaert admits, the show has allowed to see life differently. "The dignity and courage of my guests every day give me life lessons. I am not at all the same person as I was four years ago. On my ability to question myself, to move forward. Today I find that life is much more nuanced, much more complicated and that elevates me" .
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