Episode 44: HONY, mum handbags, and how to avoid overwhelm when work + sickness collide




The New Normal Podcast show

Summary: <span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">If parenthood itself isn't a creativity killer, then seemingly endless bouts of acute sickness can definitely throw a spanner in your work schedule, especially if you're self-employed. On this episode, we talk about our overwhelm-reduction strategies when the winter sniffles (or vom marathons) strike, as well as our usual stable of awesome content-consumption recommendations!</span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Show notes:</span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/04/portrait-motherhood-creativity-c-v-r.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Is Parenthood the Enemy of Creative work?</a><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/handbag-dilemma-compounds-as-roles-get-weightier-20160325-gnr0qj.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Inside Annabel Crabb's handbag<br> <br>​</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Rebecca Sparrow and her books </span><a href="http://rebeccasparrow.com/books/" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Find Your Tribe</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> and </span><a href="http://rebeccasparrow.com/books/" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Ask Me Anything</a><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> </span><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Helen Garne's new book</span><a href="https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/everywhere-i-look" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"> Everywhere I Look</a><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="https://themoth.org/books" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">The Moth</a><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/tag/podcast/" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">The Mama Mia podcast network</a><br> <br style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"><a href="http://www.fabermazlish.com/" style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Quicksand; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(36,103,141); background-color: rgb(255,255,255);">Book: How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk</a><span style=""></span>