Dianne says: “Movement and exercise are at the beginning and the end of how I live my life. They give me the energy to work and play and to feel good about myself, and the more ways I find to enjoy movement and exercise, the more my life is filled with joy. I want the same for you.” She describes the relationship as ‘super easy going’, although says they are quite different characters: ‘I’m very carefree, whereas he’s a bit more of a worrier. He takes a lot of time to get things absolutely perfect, while I’m a bit more “rush and get it done and, oh yeah, that’s fine”. 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. I love Strictly Come Dancing and so don’t see myself going anywhere – but I don’t have a five-year plan either.’ Dianne Buswell 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.’

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.” I think movement in general is something we can take for granted. My hope is that I can get people up and moving a little bit more, finding the joy in it and making themselves feel so much better in the process.’I wanted to look a certain way, so I told myself I was only going to have so many calories, and my brain was so focused on that, that it became really dangerous.’ Dianne Buswell

I would finish the act so exhausted that I would pass out on the side of the stage. ‘It was destroying my body and destroying my mind. I never in my life thought there would be a time that I didn’t want to dance. But now I was actually saying that I didn’t want to do a show, that it was all too hard.’

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I felt so sad, and that sadness became a big incentive to get my body better and healthier, so that I could keep dancing.’ Dianne Buswell 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 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.’ 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. 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”.

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. By July 2015, Buswell had landed a job on Australia’s Dancing with the Stars, which was followed in early 2017 by a successful audition for Strictly, which ‘changed everything’ in so many ways (we’ll come to that shortly). Dianne Buswell on her new book Shaped by Dianne’s experiences as a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing and her training as a holistic life coach, Move Yourself Happy reveals Dianne’s wellness journey and the experiences that have shaped her own daily practices. It is a guide to stimulating and sustaining everyday routines that better nourish the mind and body. Joe is Joe Sugg, the 31-year-old YouTuber and actor, and Buswell’s celebrity partner on Strictly in 2018. The two of them reached the final of that series (won by Kevin Clifton and Stacey Dooley who, incidentally, also fell in love) and now live together in the Sussex countryside, having escaped the hustle and bustle of London. 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.A fun and highly accessible guide to transforming your mental and physical wellbeing through joyful movement from TV personality and celebrity dancer Dianne Buswell.