Ruth Langsford has been open about accepting her marriage is over, and the challenges this presents when it comes to intimacy in later life with a new partner.
The star was married to fellow presenter Eamonn Holmes, and they confirmed their split in May 2024 after 27 years together.
“It was the best thing I ever did,” the presenter says candidly, of taking the plunge and seeking help from a counsellor. “I’m still doing it,” she continues.
Alluding to the power of friendships in also helping with her recovery, Ruth shares, “With your friends, they’re always on your side, and they will stand by you whatever decisions you make or however you’re feeling.”
One particular friend she turns to at times of need, is fellow Loose Women presenter, Colleen Nolan.
Ruth previously told us, “Coleen is a great mate of mine, who’s also an agony aunt, and full of wise words. You need the shoulder to cry on and the advice but sometimes you just need to laugh and she makes me roar.”
Weighing in on how friends and counsellors differ in their approach to offering help, Ruth explains, “A counsellor is very different, they look at the bigger picture.”
She adds, “They never tell you what to do – she’s never told me what to do. She’s just guided me to think in different ways about things.”
Speaking about something very pertinent she’s taken away from having therapy, Ruth says may people have related to a particular phrase her counsellor has shared with her.
“Lots of people have picked up on this saying that she said to me, which was ‘Find your light.'”
Ruth continues, “Everything felt so dark, and she said, ‘Just use that energy that you’re feeling, anger and sadness, try and bring that energy here and find your light.'”
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