This week Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from communications consultant Sarah Randall. She says:

“How on earth does anyone get any rest. Like, real restful rest?

I feel like for the past 18 months I've been waiting for a break, but it never comes.

I need to find a way to make it happen.

The flipping pandemic means that I have way less support from family, increased work pressures… my husband also runs his own business that's been pretty smashed to smithereens by the pandemic. 

We have a 2 yr old and 4 yr old and are expecting a third so we knew it was always going to be a tricky year but I’d be interested in hearing thoughts on how not to burn out. 

All the 'normal' business / wellbeing blogs advocate stuff I used to do pre-kids e.g. meditate, get up early to go for a walk, sport... but now there is just no frickin time... 

Obviously this is a phase of life... and the pandemic won't be quite so intense forever... but it feels like the marathon is far from over and they’ve forgotten to provide the orange slices and jelly babies at the side of the road. 

How the heck do others do it? Can someone throw me a jelly baby?”

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