Former Love Island and The Circle contestant Tasha Ghouri has spoken out about her new book, “Your Superpower: Embrace What Makes You Different” and the difficulties she has encountered.
TV personality and disability advocate Tasha Ghouri insists that everyone has their own ‘superpowers’ in her new novel. “Remembering who you are as a person, that’s the whole root of the book,” shares the Strictly Come Dancing star about her latest self-help offering, Your Superpower: Embrace What Makes You Different.
Describing the book as “a very vulnerable, raw” journey, she intertwines her personal experiences with advice on tackling everything from bullying and heartache, to navigating the pitfalls of social media and the significance of self-belief.
Ghouri, 26, reflects on a childhood that was both “fun” (“I was a kid that would play hopscotch outside,”) and challenging. Hailing from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, she was born deaf and received a cochlear implant at the age of five. Today, she views her disability as one of her greatest superpowers and has come to “embrace the silence”.
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“I enjoy having the choice between hearing and hearing,” I always take out my cochlear implant when I go to sleep. She claims, “I sleep the best way ever. I just adore taking it out to watch TV with subtitles on even in my downtime.
Ghouri claims that “there is so much beauty in silence.” “I wish everyone had it because it’s so lovely to be able to turn off, recharge, and ground yourself once more,” said one customer.
The tranquillity of silence has struck a chord with Ghouri, especially during a tumultuous period of her life. When her cochlear implant broke in the middle of her A-levels, she was involuntary enveloped in quiet.
She recalls that it was “really strange,” but she continued to attend college and dance classes despite the silence, admitting, “I didn’t want it to bring me down. Don’t get me wrong, I did breakdown a few times, but he claims that going through that stage only prepared her for any such events in the future.
Ghouri catapulted into the limelight at age 23 when she entered the Love Island villa in 2022. Reflecting on her reality TV debut, she muses: “I remember thinking, ‘You’re here now, really embrace this opportunity.'” Post-villa life, however, delivered its own whirlwind: a “very crazy six months” post-show transition that tested her newfound fame.
Ghouri still endured online harassment and ominous infamy despite receiving adequate aftercare, which included multiple psychological assessments, parent consultations, and the team maintaining contact for months. She relates that “there was a lot of ableism, opinions, and I had to navigate a whole new reality.”
Ghouri openly acknowledges her difficulties, saying, “Many times, I lost myself,” but she is still grateful that she managed to stay grounded. I was aware of the identities of my family and friends.
The dating show may have transformed her life and reunited her parents, who contribute to her book, but it was Strictly Come Dancing that fulfilled her ultimate television fantasy.
Ghouri spent two years focusing on achieving her Strictly dream, saying, “Strictly, Strictly, Strictly, that’s the one show I want to do and I’ll retire after that!” When she finally received the call, she expressed her shock: “I was so shocked.”
Source: Mirror
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