I was falling out of love with performing because I didn’t have any energy to do it. It all felt too much and too overwhelming, and my body just couldn’t cope. I’d always prided myself on having a lot of energy when I danced, but because I wasn’t fuelling my body, it was literally saying to me, “You can’t do this anymore”. Alongside a picture of the duo staring into each other’s eyes, Joe wrote: “I may not have won the glitter ball, but I’ve won something a million times more special.” Is the book a symbol of just how far Buswell has travelled since those dark days of her mid-twenties? You bet it is.

I use my body so much that I’m very aware when something doesn’t feel right. For me, living a healthy lifestyle is what makes me feel great.’ Dianne Buswell Watkins Media has jumped for “Strictly” dancer Dianne Buswell’s début book, Move Yourself Happy: 21 Days to Make Joyful Movement a Habit, a body positive guide to transforming mental and physical wellbeing through movement. Move Yourself Happy, from Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Diane Buswell, is a transformative body-positive guide celebrating the joy of movement and offering guidance on how to nurture and nourish our mental and physical health, and well being. We’re together, but we have our own lives as well as our own careers, which is really important for us. We try to keep a lot of our relationship private, and I think we’ve found a good balance with that.’ Dianne Buswell on her career journey I got well and rediscovered my drive,’ reflects Buswell, ‘and that was the nicest feeling, being able to say: “I’m so much better now”, because when things were the other way, it was so tough.’A fun and highly accessible guide to transforming your mental and physical wellbeing through joyful movement from TV personality and celebrity dancer Dianne Buswell. Buswell started dancing at the age of four and became an Australian Open champion, turning professional at 21. Although she was used to travelling around the world for her career, taking the job on Strictly and moving to the UK felt completely different.This was a new beginning in a country where she didn’t know a soul and, although she didn’t realise it at first, a show that was going to give her overnight fame. My mum is quite a harsh critic,’ she says, ‘but she absolutely loved it, which made me very happy. I’m so excited to get the book out there now, because it’s something I’ve wanted to do for such a long time. I love Strictly Come Dancing and so don’t see myself going anywhere – but I don’t have a five-year plan either. The diary is looking very full, but I try to take things month by month and job by job, so that I don’t feel too overwhelmed. I genuinely love being busy, but I also want to try and get some proper downtime in there and do a bit of travelling with Joe this year.’

Buswell bravely details some of her own journey in the book, writing about how she turned things around, and hopes her honesty will help others suffering similar troubles. So we have different ways of doing things, but we’re also similar in that we love to create stuff, and we love the outdoors and the countryside. We have an old camper van and love nothing more than just getting in that and going for a drive to the beach. Anya Hayes, commissioning editor, acquired world all-language rights directly from Buswell’s team. It will publish in the UK on 14th March 2023, with the US release in January 2024. This book is a guide, not gospel. You are you, and life is about finding out more about what you enjoy, and what makes you feel good in your own way. The real secret to health is finding the joy in movement, and then enjoying and appreciating what your body and mind get in return. Who wouldn’t want more flexibility, co-ordination, balance, sleep and happiness?

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In this enriching 21-day programme, Dianne Buswell shows you how to make joyful movement a habit. Forget gruelling exercise regimes or punishing diets – Dianne’s unique approach nourishes your body and mind using her four pillars of health: rest, movement, nutrition and positivity.