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Outlook: The teenager who baked her way out of a crisis

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02/12/2021 GMT

The teenager who baked her way out of a crisis

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When Kitty Tait was struggling with her mental health, she opened a bakery

When 15-year-old Kitty Tait was struggling with her mental health, her dad helped her open a bakery.

When Kitty Tait was in her early teens, she started struggling with anxiety and depression. Her family tried various activities, like art and dog walking, to try and help her, but nothing worked. Then Kitty tried baking, and everything changed. Soon she was baking dozens of loaves, then hundreds, and her mental health improved on the way. When she was 15, alongside her father Alex, Kitty opened her own business, The Orange Bakery, and it's been a big hit in their English village. They have a book coming out called Breadsong.

Rajinder Singh is gaining a following on UK social media as the skipping Sikh. The 73-year-old started releasing exercise videos during lockdown, aimed at fellow Sikhs who were struggling with the isolation. He learned to skip from his father as a young boy, and the two bonded over fitness. When Rajinder left his father to travel to the UK, skipping became an important way to maintain a connection to his dad.

Geeta Phogat was the first Indian woman to win a gold medal for wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. A few years later she broke another record when she qualified for the London Olympics. Geeta's younger sisters and female cousins followed her lead. They have all been trained by Geeta's father, Mahavir, who used to be a wrestler himself. The extraordinary story of the Phogat family was turned into a movie, Dangal, which is the highest grossing Bollywood film of all time. They spoke to Matthew Bannister in 2017.

Presenter: Datshiane Navanayagam

(Photo: Kitty Tait. Credit: Mark Lord)

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