Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has been single since divorcing her ex-husband Lee Henderson in 2018.
Now the radio queen, 49, has opened up about the struggles she’s faced with loneliness on the dating scene.
Speaking with fans at Luke McLeod’s book launch for Everyday Enlightenment on Thursday night, the radio titan admitted she is ‘desperate’ to find love and companionship once more.
She explained she had lunch with McLeod last year when they got onto the topic of her love life and how she felt she was ‘missing something’.
‘I just really want to find someone. I can’t find him and I’m sort of a bit lost at the moment,’ she told him during their catch up.
Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has been single since divorcing her ex-husband Lee Henderson in 2018. Pictured
Now the radio queen has opened up about the struggles she’s faced with loneliness as an available woman on the dating scene
When Luke asked why she was so desperate to get into a relationship, Jackie said she couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but it felt like ‘a piece’ of her was ‘missing’.
‘I have a lot of love to give or I want that affection, that company. It just feels like there’s something missing in my life,’ she added.
Jackie went on to tell her fans that Luke gave her a piece of advice in that moment which ‘changed my life’.
He said she was giving off too much ‘desperate energy’, and if she really wanted to attract love in her life, then she needed to be grateful for what she already has.
‘I said to him, “How am I meant to change what I want and need? I feel like I need that in my life and I really want that. I can’t just switch that off,”‘ she admitted.
Nevertheless, Jackie said she tried Luke’s method and began spending 15 minutes a day thinking about the things she was already grateful for having in her life.
Speaking with fans at Luke McLeod’s book launch for Everyday Enlightenment on Thursday night, the radio titan admitted she is ‘desperate’ to find love and companionship once more
She explained she had lunch with McLeod last year when they got onto the topic of her love life and how she felt she was ‘missing something’. Pictured with Luke McLeod
‘I just really want to find someone. I can’t find him and I’m sort of a bit lost at the moment,’ she told him during their catch up
When Luke asked why she was so desperate to get into a relationship, Jackie said she couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but it felt like ‘a piece’ of her was ‘missing’
‘Now I’m at a place where I’ve almost gone the other way. I‘m so happy being single and not looking for someone because I’m genuinely happy with my life,’ she said.
She revealed that after a year of meditating on what makes her happy now, she finds it much easier to be ‘present’ rather than ‘thinking about what’s missing in my life’.
Jackie has been married twice in the past, with her first husband being DJ ‘Ugly’ Phil O’Neil in the late ’90s.
She was wed to ex Lee from 2003 to 2018 and the couple co-parent their only daughter, Kitty.