“I started getting these attacks in 2009, just as my music career was taking off. I'd be doing photo-shoots and started to feel like I was having heart attacks. Increasingly I found it difficult to step outside my flat. Things started to get better after I saw a therapist, who told me I needed to make peace with my panic attacks.”

English singer-songwriter and activist

Ellie Goulding is an English singer-songwriter and activist. She has built a major international career and has set multiple chart records in the United Kingdom and abroad. She is also known for her songwriting and for public work tied to environmental activism, humanitarian causes, and support for LGBTQ people. Her name appears often in connection with pop music and with advocacy beyond the stage.