Is This Working?

It's the season three finale! And what a season it's been – join us this week as we reflect on what the pandemic has taught us about our working lives.

Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can email us on [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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Links:

• How to be a good person in a pandemic, Tiffany Philippou: https://tiffanyphilippou.substack.com/p/how-to-be-a-good-person-in-a-pandemic
• Meditation over Zoom with Holiday Phillips: https://www.holidayphillips.com/meditation
• Worry Tree: https://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/worrytree.htm
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This week, we're joined by Clare Seal, the author and founder of @myfrugalyear to talk about money, money, money. Find Clare on Instagram @myfrugalyear and her new book, Real Life Money: An Honest Guide to Taking Control of Your Finances, is available for pre-order here: https://bit.ly/myfrugalyear. For a chance to win a free copy of the book, head over to @tiffphilippou's Instagram page!

Links

I Don't Feel Like Buying Stuff Anymore by Anne Helen Petersen (Buzzfeed) https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/recession-unemployment-covid-19-economy-consumer-spending

Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can email us on [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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This week, we're joined by Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer at Buzzfeed to talk about burnout. Find Anne on Twitter @annehelen and her new book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, is available for pre-order here: https://bit.ly/ahpburnout

Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can email us on [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

#AD: This episode was sponsored by MOO, the online print and design company. The kind folks at MOO are offering an exclusive 20% off at MOO for listeners of Is This Working. Simply enter the code ISTHISWORKING at moo.com for 20% off your order. (This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, Gift Cards or applied to previously placed orders).

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On this episode, we try to unpack the uncomfortable relationship between shame and success after an interview with the food writer Alison Roman raised big question about what a creative career should look like.

What Alison Roman Wants: https://newconsumer.com/2020/05/alison-roman-interview/

Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can email us on [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/isthisworkingshow.

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Work is making us feel pretty lonely at the moment, hbu?

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Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can email us on [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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This week, we spoke to the best-selling author Laura Jane Williams about finding joy at work. It was such a frank and wholehearted chat about all the messy parts of work that left us feeling inspired.

Laura is @laurajaneauthor on Instagram and you can pre-order her new book, The Love Square, at Amazon, Waterstones and Hive now!

*** This episode is sponsored by DAME, the world's first reusable tampon applicator. For 30% off an organic tampon subscription, use the code ITW30 at www.wearedame.co***

Get in touch with the show! We're @isthis_working on Twitter and you can email us on [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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Can a business be kind? Celia Pool, co-founder of organic tampon company DAME, thinks so. In this open and honest chat, Celia talks to us about the importance of compassionate leadership, empathy and purpose over profit. At a time when we're drastically rethinking what work means, conversations like these business leaders are more important than ever.

*** This episode is sponsored by DAME, the world's first reusable tampon applicator. For 30% off an organic tampon subscription, use the code ITW30 at www.wearedame.co***

Get in touch with the show: @isthis_working on Twitter and [email protected]. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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This week, we're joined by the journalist, broadcaster and coach Harriet Minter to talk about productivity in a pandemic, or lack thereof. If you've been feeling bad about not getting anything done in lockdown, this pep talk will make you feel better.

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Get in touch with the show: @isthis_working on Twitter and [email protected]. Support us on Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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On this week's episode, we talk to Anna Newton, AKA The Anna Edit, about what it's like to build your own career. Anna, who's now a full-time content creator, first started blogging ten years ago on her commute to an office job. In this uplifting chat, we talk about what it's been like to forge a path into the unknown. You can find Anna on Instagram, YouTube and Twitter at @TheAnnaEdit and her book, The Anna Edit is available here: https://annaed.it/aneditedlife.

***This episode was sponsored by MOO, the online print and design company*** The kind folks at MOO are offering an exclusive 20% off at MOO for listeners of Is This Working. Simply enter the code ISTHISWORKING at moo.com for 20% off your order. (This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, Gift Cards or applied to previously placed orders).

Get in touch with the show: @isthis_working on Twitter and [email protected]. Support us on Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/isthisworkingshow

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