Podcast appearances and mentions of rebecca seal

Could life actually be better if you weren't holding it with a death grip!? Often we see so many traits & behaviors as directly tied to our morality - including those around how we look, feel, think and act.  But journalist & author Rebecca Seal says many of the things we've been told are bad are actually just as useful as the good. Her latest book is called Be Bad, Better: How Not Trying So Hard Will Set You Free. Want to become a podcast sponsor, got some feedback for me or just fancy a chat? Email me - thatshelpful@edstott.com CONNECT WITH US Connect with ⁠That's Helpful on Instagram. Find Bec on Instagram & via ⁠her website. BOOKS Be Bad, Better: How Not Trying So Hard Will Set You Free ARTICLES Rebecca's original article for The Guardian PODCASTS Unlearning Shame with Dr Devon PriceHow to Work Solo without Losing Your Mind TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:24 - Rebecca's own experience with perfectionism 00:11:39 - Why not trying so hard is empowering 00:18:00 - Why certain behaviors are tied to morality 00:27:10 - Embracing laziness 00:33:30 - Mindlessness over mindfulness 00:37:48 - Getting comfortable with negative emotions 00:48:00 - Accepting being human 00:50:50 - Where did these thoughts come from in the first place? 00:52:20 - Manufactured insecurity

Depuis la pandémie de Covid-19, le télétravail est devenu une réalité pour beaucoup de travailleurs, en entreprise ou indépendants. En janvier 2021 en France, 27 % des salariés pratiquaient le télétravail, contre 4 % en 2019 selon le Ministère du travail.  Travailler de chez soi peut être difficile. C'est pourquoi la journaliste britannique Rebecca Seal avait publié en 2020, avant le covid, un livre intitulé : “Solo, travailler seul sans perdre la tête”. Elle y donne des conseils pour mieux télétravailler. Comment se mettre au travail quand on est tout seul ? Et si je n'ai pas de place chez moi ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Antonella Francini. Date de première diffusion : 02/05/2023 À écouter aussi : Qu'est-ce que l'inflexibilité intentionnelle, qui peut vous sauver au travail ? Les hommes politiques sont-ils vraiment assez protégés ? Quelles sont les 3 idées reçues pour lutter contre la chaleur ? Retrouvez tous les épisodes de "Maintenant vous savez". Suivez Bababam sur Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Often we see so many traits & behaviors as directly tied to our morality - including those around how we look, feel, think and act. But journalist & author Rebecca Seal says many of the things we've been told are bad are actually just as useful as the good. Her latest book is called Be Bad, Better: How Not Trying So Hard Will Set You Free. Want to become a podcast sponsor, got some feedback for me or just fancy a chat? Email me - thatshelpful@edstott.com You can also find the video version of the podcast on Youtube here. CONNECT WITH US Connect with ⁠That's Helpful on Instagram. Find Bex on Instagram & via ⁠her website. BOOKS Be Bad, Better: How Not Trying So Hard Will Set You Free ARTICLES Rebecca's original article for The Guardian PODCASTS Unlearning Shame with Dr Devon PriceHow to Work Solo without Losing Your Mind TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:24 - Rebecca's own experience with perfectionism 00:11:39 - Why not trying so hard is empowering 00:18:00 - Why certain behaviors are tied to morality 00:27:10 - Embracing laziness 00:33:30 - Mindlessness over mindfulness 00:37:48 - Getting comfortable with negative emotions 00:48:00 - Accepting being human 00:50:50 - Where did these thoughts come from in the first place? 00:52:20 - Manufactured insecurity

Rebecca Seal started her career moving up the ranks in print journalism, in a clear break away from the heavy work she had seen her parents do, before accidentally having a TV career, alongside being a cook book writer and journalist. But, when facing burnout from working alone and seeking a resource to help her through it - and finding there wasn't one - she wrote one herself, and so began a new phase of her career exploring more about mental health and wellbeing that would see her write a bestseller -Solo: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind) - followed by her latest book Be Bad, Better: How Not Trying So Hard Will Set You Free.  This conversation covers that whole journey, with ideas and insight from Rebecca for those that are working solo, plus a dive into some of the topics from Be Bad, Better, including patriarchy, late-stage capitalism, the beauty industry and consumerism, how those are impacting are lives, and how understanding them and letting them go can really set us free.  It's both hard and hopeful, and it all comes from Rebecca's unique and brilliant brain in a way that manages to be fully relatable. I think there's so much to take from this one.  Find Rebecca's website here.  Find Rebecca on Instagram here. Don't forget to join the conversation with me on Instagram here.  Or you can subscribe to my Substack here.  If you'd like to find out about sponsoring any episodes of Women's Business please get in touch here.  Finally... please rate and review the episode if you love it and want to hear more, and subscribe so you don't miss future episodes.

I have been working from home full time, alone now for over a year & let me tell you IT IS HARD. So when I saw on Twitter that journalist Rebecca Seal had written a book on this, I knew I had to get her on. The book is called Solo: How To Work Alone & Not Lose Your Mind and to get the answers Rebecca spoke to all kinds of people - organizational psychologists, behavioral scientists, and even solo workers including professional violinists, TED talkers & designers. You may not work alone but if you study from home, have a little side hustle or even if you work in an office & want to be more productive this is ep is incredibly helpful! Rebecca shares her insights into how to set up your workspace for maximum productivity, tips to combat self-doubt, how to avoid distractions, utilise rituals and shift your mindset. CONNECT WITH USConnect with That's Helpful & Ed Stott on Instagram. Find Rebecca on Instagram, Twitter & via her website. BOOKSolo: How to Work Alone & Not Lose Your Mind PODCASTThe Solo Collective Podcast Got an episode suggestion or feedback for me? Email me - ed@edwinastott.com

How many failures precede success? How many books are written before one of them becomes a best-seller? How many anxieties and insecurities hide underneath the surface of a "successful" career? In this month's episode, I converse with Rebecca Seal, best-selling author of the book "Solo: How to Work Alone and Not Lose Your Mind" and host of the Solo Collective Podcast. Rebecca is also the author of over a dozen cookbooks, including "Lisbon: Recipes from the Heart of Portugal" and "Leon Happy One-Pot Cooking." As a freelance writer, she has written articles on food, drink, and lifestyle for numerous prestigious publications including The Guardian, TheObserver, The Financial Times, and National Geographic. Before venturing into solo work, Rebecca was a contributing editor for the Observer in London. I invited Rebecca to learn more about her story of becoming. How does a grad in International Relations from the LSE and a post-grad in International Peace and Security from Kings College ends up pursuing a career in writing and journalism with a focus on food, drink, lifestyle, and working alone? Listen to find out :) Themes: The roots of Rebecca's interest in writing and food; Rebecca's early academic and professional background; Rebecca's initiation into journalism; Rebecca's transition to freelance writing; Rebecca's advice across time to her younger self. Credits: Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Carlota Guedes⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music Audio Producer & Editor:⁠⁠⁠⁠ Carlos Sierra⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow the Waking Youth Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Depuis la pandémie de Covid-19, le télétravail est devenu une réalité pour beaucoup de travailleurs, en entreprise ou indépendants. En janvier 2021 en France, 27 % des salariés pratiquaient le télétravail, contre 4 % en 2019 selon le Ministère du travail.  Travailler de chez soi peut être difficile. C'est pourquoi la journaliste britannique Rebecca Seal avait publié en 2020, avant le covid, un livre intitulé : “Solo, travailler seul sans perdre la tête”. Elle y donne des conseils pour mieux télétravailler. Comment se mettre au travail quand on est tout seul ? Et si je n'ai pas de place chez moi ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Antonella Francini. À écouter aussi : Les plantes communiquent-elles vraiment entre elles ? Qu'est-ce que le néo-luddisme, ce mouvement qui traverse les époques ? Pourquoi la fin du ticket de caisse en France fait-elle débat ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode, it's just Anna joined by Rebecca Seal, author of Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind). We're talking all things working alone, making genuine connections when it feels like it's just you, and staying productive when there are so many distractions at home. Visit the show notes at https://www.fortheloveoffreelance.com/episodes and write in to us at hello@freelancingfemales.com Shop pre-made templates for your business at thefreelance.shop and post your first job for free with us at jobs.freelancingfemales.com with code: FIRSTJOBFREE

The Freedom Matters Team is taking a short break between seasons, and we thought it was the perfect opportunity to share an episode from the Solo Collective Podcast, hosted by friend of Freedom and former podcast guest, Rebecca Seal. In this episode she interviews Caroline Williams, author of ‘Move! The New Science of Body over Mind' - an amazing book about how movement impacts the way our brains work from creativity to mental health. We wanted to share this episode, because as the summer break approaches, we all have the perfect opportunity to move more, and reset the level of activity that we have in our every day lives. We hope you enjoy this lively conversation between Caroline and Rebecca. Listen to the original conversation: https://shows.acast.com/the-solo-collective/episodes/caroline-williams Enjoy all episodes from the Solo Collective: https://shows.acast.com/the-solo-collective Find out more about Rebecca:https://www.rebeccaseal.co.uk/ Find out more about Caroline:https://www.carolinewilliams.net/

Americans relationship with college is complicated and according to a new poll many think that it might not be worth the cost and time commitment.  Overall, most people believe that the benefits outweigh the costs long-term, and those with bachelor's degrees usually earn 75% more than they would if they only have a high school diploma.  But the pandemic also plays a big part in this as enrollment has been down 1.3 million students since March 2020.  Chris Quintana, education reporter at USA Today, for how many still value higher education, but feel it's too expensive for many. Next, could your smartphone be ruining your memory?  We are increasingly outsourcing much of our memory to an external device like our phones and we are missing out on some of the complex actions our brains should be doing.  Experts say that constant distractions from notifications are keeping us from moving memories into long-term storage.  Another downfall is relying too much on GPS step-by-step directions which can prevent us from improving spatial memory abilities.  Rebecca Seal, contributor to the Guardian, joins us for the rise of digital amnesia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Marina Hyde on the week the prime minister's house of cards finally fell down (1m53s), Rebecca Seal investigates if our smartphones are ruining our memory (10m32s), Tim Lewis interviews actor Daisy Haggard (26m25s), and Francisco Garcia introduces us to the people who earn a living looking like our favourite famous people (41m18s)

How do you do it without losing your mind? Ellen and Yvette chat to Rebecca Seal, Journalist, Podcaster and Work-From-Home-Expert.  Follow Mentally Yours on social media... www.twitter.com/mentallyyrs  Join our private Facebook group... www.facebook.com/groups/135088803805742  And check out Rebecca's book online... www.howtoworkalone.com

Jeremy Redleaf is an Emmy Award winning artist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Caveday, the world's most focused community. Their research-backed method is used by workers and companies in over 40 countries to do better work in less time with fewer distractions. In this episode we dive into philosophical and practical advice on how setting the right conditions for flow is essential - and how working 'in a cave' with other people can achieve many of the things we need. We discuss: The importance of minimalism at work The power of rituals for shifting mindset How to achieve flow, and what athletes can teach us about it Building deep connections via zoom, whilst avoiding zoom fatigue ...and Jeremy's thoughts on Future of Work (spoiler: if you are living it, you're not going back) Jeremy speaks and writes about the future of work for sites including Fast Company and Thrive Global. As a facilitator, he helps founders, teams, and companies improve their relationship to work. You can find more about Jeremy at: https://www.caveday.org/ Freedom Premium Users can register for a free Cave through our Perks page: https://freedom.to/perks This episode is part of our mini-series on the Future of Work. Listen to episodes with Chase Warrington, Alex Pang, Rebecca Seal, Shamsi Iqbal and Charlie Warzel to hear more. Host and Producer: Georgie Powell https://www.sentientdigitalconsulting.com/ Music and audio production: Toccare https://spoti.fi/3bN4eqO

Welcome back to a new season of the Solo Collective, with Rebecca Seal. We are delighted to have you with us. This episode is a fascinating conversation with Madeleine Dore, founder of the website Extraordinary Routines, which started off as a way for Madeleine to try to find herself an optimum routine by interviewing other people about theirs, but quickly turned into an exploration of the myths around productivity and the complex ways in which our personal productivity becomes enmeshed with our ideas of self worth. Madeleine has just written a fantastic book, I Didn't Do The Thing Today which is about letting go of productivity guilt (and much, much more). She is also host of the Routines and Ruts podcast. Madeleine is based in Australia. The Solo Collective is sponsored by Tide business banking: banking made easy for sole traders and small businesses. We are also sponsored by Pension Bee, which has a flexible pension product specifically for self employed people. More from Madeleine Dore:Find her on Instagram: @extraordinary_routinesHer website: https://extraordinaryroutines.com/More from Rebecca Seal:Instagram: @bexseal ; @the_solo_collectiveTwitter: @RebeccaSealWebsite: How To Work AloneThis series is produced by Hester Cant See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to the Solo Collective, with me, Rebecca Seal. Season 3 is coming very soon: we will be covering money and how not to get in a mess with it, productivity myths and how to break free from them, time and how to use it, flexible working and much, much more. We are glad to have you with us. Subscribe now, so that you get the first new episode as soon as it's released. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are in conversation with Charlie Warzel. Charlie writes the newsletter, Galaxy Brain for The Atlantic, where he is a Contributing Writer. Before that he was a writer-at-large for the New York Times Opinion page, and a senior technology writer at BuzzFeed News. Most recently, he has co-authored Out of Office - with his partner Anne Helen Peterson. The book combines groundbreaking reporting and the couple's own experiences after they made the decision to leave their desk jobs in New York City for Montana. They describe how workers and employers across America, and around the world, are finding new ways of working that make people happier and more productive, and make companies more profitable. Today we'll be discussing: - what's broken with how we currently work, - how flexibility has historically benefited organisations, not employees - why Gen Z are looking for a new relationship with work - how to rethink our relationship with the office - and new ways of working for the future You can order the book, Out of Office, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673782/out-of-office-by-charlie-warzel-and-anne-helen-petersen/ This episode is part of our mini-series on the Future of Work. Listen to episodes with Chase Warrington, Alex Pang, Rebecca Seal and Shamsi Iqbal to hear more. Host and Producer: Georgie Powell https://www.sentientdigitalconsulting.com/ Music and audio production: Toccare https://spoti.fi/3bN4eqO

My guest today is Rebecca Seal, an episode all about loneliness and working from home. Rebecca is the author of Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind). It's a fantastic book absolutely filled to the brim with wfh advice and tips and anecdotes. It's a science and evidence-based exploration of what working alone does to your brain and well-being, and how to cope with the more difficult aspects of solo work. She doesn't shy away from talking about her own tough times in her own freelance life which I personally found super helpful. Initially, she thought it was a book for freelancers and self-employed people...and then 2020 happened.If you enjoyed this episode, definitely check out The Solo Collective, her brilliant podcast all about solo work: https://www.howtoworkalone.com/solo-collective-podcastHope you enjoy!Link to Rebecca's book here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788164856- My books:.https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon- My favourite 2020 books: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/my-favourite-reads-of-2020-9bf19342-f535-4856-ab1a-d523f5ecd98a- My 2021 picks: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/2021-books-i-m-excited-about-619ab32f-f22e-4282-a0e7-71732055e3c7- Twitter: Twitter.com/emmagannon- Instagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we welcome Rebecca Seal. Rebecca is an author, journalist and occasional TV presenter. Her book, SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind) was mostly written in 2019, before the pandemic, but became a bestseller when it was published in 2020. It has now been translated into multiple languages and is available worldwide. In this episode we dive into philosophical and practical advice on how to work 'solo'. We cover: - Why passion for your work can be a problem - How meaning can be found in all forms of work and life - The money trap - How to work solo but never alone - Resilience for solo workers - How to fuel your body for work Rebecca is the host of the Solo Collective podcast, a series of conversations about how to cope with solitary working. She is also an award-winning food and drink writer, and has written 10 cookbooks, most recently LEON Happy Guts, a cookbook about good gut health. She lives in London with her husband, a photographer, and her two daughters. You can find more about Rebecca at: https://www.rebeccaseal.co.uk/ Tune in for the 3rd season of the Solo Collective Podcast (from mid-March): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-solo-collective/id1555707166 Or read her articles for the Guardian at: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rebeccaseal In this episode she mentions work by Ashley Whillans, Annie Auerbach and Bruce Daisley. This episode is part of our mini-series on the Future of Work. Listen to episodes with Chase Warrington, Alex Pang and Shamsi Iqbal to hear more. Host and Producer: Georgie Powell https://www.sentientdigitalconsulting.com/ Music and audio production: Toccare https://spoti.fi/3bN4eqO

This week we welcome Dr. Shamsi Iqbal. A Principal Researcher in the Modern Work Transformation Org in Microsoft, Shamsi is on the frontline of research, investigating productivity, attention and the future of work. Most recently her work has focused on redefining productivity in the new future of work, introducing novel ways of being productive through leveraging micromoments, and balancing productivity and well-being in interaction design to empower individuals and help organizations thrive. In this episode we explore the future of work with Shamsi, through the eyes of a productivity research. We discuss: - Micromoments - The Triple Peaks of Productivity - Where AI does (and doesn't belong) - Technology for Hybrid Work - The Role of Technology in the Future of Work Shamsi's research has been covered in the New York Times, MIT Tech Review among others, and also featured in the King 5 News (NBC affiliate in the Seattle area). Shamsi has served on many organizing and program committees for Human-Computer Interaction conferences, is currently serving as an ACM TOCHI Associate Editor, was a guest Editor for IEEE Pervasive Special Issue on Future of Work and was the General Co-chair for UIST 2020. She is one of the co-authors of the document Microsoft released on the Future of Remote Work in 2021. Shamsi received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008 and received a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2001. Find Shamsi's work at: The New Future of Work - Microsoft Research [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/] - a wealth of information on remote and hybrid work based on research conducted by Microsoft researchers on topics such as personal productivity and wellbeing, hybrid meetings, thriving organizations and so on. Shamsi Iqbal at Microsoft Research - [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/shamsi/] Or read: The Rise of the Triple Peak Day [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/triple-peak-day] The Ways We Disconnect [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/ways-we-disconnect-work-life-balance] How to Focus in the Always-on Economy [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/always-on-economy-focus] This episode is part of our mini-series on the Future of Work. Listen to episodes with Chase Warrington, Alex Pang and forthcoming with Rebecca Seal to hear more. Host and Producer: Georgie Powell https://www.sentientdigitalconsulting.com/ Music and audio production: Toccare https://spoti.fi/3bN4eqO

This week we welcome Alex Pang, advocate of the 4-day workweek. Alex has spent two decades studying people, technology, and the worlds they make. A Silicon Valley-based futurist and consultant, he is also the best-selling author of Shorter: Work better, smarter and shorter - here's how, Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less, and The Distraction Addiction. A growing number of businesses are shortening their working week to address problems with low productivity, poor mental health, and unequal working opportunities. Workers are still paid the same salary for a four-day week and the results are revolutionary. In this episode we explore this movement with Alex, and discuss: Why companies are moving to a 'shorter' week How working less increases creativity, productivity and reduces burn-out What culture changes are needed to move to a 4DWW How a shorter working week fits with the future of work Alex, runs a consultancy company, strategy.rest, where he has worked with governments and Fortune 500 companies; spoken at venues ranging from CIA headquarters to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to the Googleplex; and held academic positions at Stanford and Oxford universities. You can find Alex: At his business, Strategy.Rest: https://www.strategy.rest/?page_id=8650 On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askpang/ Or @askpang on Twitter and Instagram This episode is part of our new mini-series on the Future of Work. Listen to episodes with Chase Warrington and forthcoming with Rebecca Seal and Shamsi Iqbal to hear more. Host and Producer: Georgie Powell https://www.sentientdigitalconsulting.com/ Music and audio production: Toccare https://spoti.fi/3bN4eqO

In today's 40 Minute Mentor episode, we're joined by journalist, broadcaster, TV presenter, Podcast host of ‘The Solo Collective' and author, Rebecca Seal. Rebecca's had a hugely varied career so far, including working as a journalist at The Observer, featuring as a Food and Drink expert on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, writing and publishing multiple books, including her latest best seller: “Solo: How to Work Alone(and Not Lose Your Mind)” and working as a Freelance journalist and author for over 10 years. We absolutely loved having Rebecca as a 40 Minute Mentor and know you'll learn so much from her advice in this episode, including: - What it takes to have a successful career in broadcasting and what to expect from your initial years in the industry. - What solo working actually does to the human mind and how you can combat loneliness with a simple change in environment. - And Rebecca's approach to juggling many competing priorities, without falling into the traps of over-working. So, whether you're a Freelancer yourself or you're navigating a hybrid or fully remote work model, we know you'll find this episode hugely valuable. A special thank you to our sponsors for this Series – Chipper Cash. The team have been on an incredible journey, having launched their borderless way to send money across Africa and beyond, in 8 countries so far and are widely considered to be Africa's most valuable Start up. To find out more, head over to their website, or tune into our 40 Minute Mentor episode with their Co-Founder and CEO, Ham Serunjogi. Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode, so please leave us a review at https://ratehthispodcast.com/40mm or get in touch at james@jbmc.co.uk If you want to find out more about Rebecca, take a look at her LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaseal/ If you want to buy a copy of her book Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind), head over to – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solo-Work-Alone-Lose-Your/dp/1788164857

Rebecca Seal is the Author of SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind). Writer and TV presenter. Host of The Solo Collective podcast. She writes about the things which make us human: food, family, work, home. In the process of writing "Solo", she interviewed organizational psychologists, academics, and behavioral scientists, read hundreds of journal articles and talked with many solo workers, from professional violinists to TED talkers to designers to explorers, to find out how their work does and doesn't work for them, and what they've done about it. She also hosts the Solo Collective podcast, which is the #1 career podcast in UK. In this podcast episode, she provides practical advice on thriving as a soloist, whether you are a solopreneur, remote worker or someone considering solo work. Website: https://www.howtoworkalone.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaseal/ Twitter: @RebeccaSeal Instagram: @bexseal Podcast: The Solo Collective --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shobhana-viswanathan/support

Ria talks with Rebecca about her previous struggle with balancing freelance work and how that struggle developed into the 2020 book, ‘SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind)'. She speaks about her podcast ‘The Solo Collective' and how she never expected a book she wrote in 2019 would resonate so much with today's world. Rebecca elaborates on her experiences of being a female journalist and how to prepare for the world of work. Rebecca Seal is the author of SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind), host of the Solo Collective podcast, and a freelance journalist. Her work is published in the Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, and Telegraph as well as in magazines and newspapers around the world. She also writes cookbooks and has just finished her tenth. She wrote SOLO in 2019, with the aim of helping other solitary workers cope with the strangeness of working in a company-of-one. She had no idea quite how relevant the book would become; today she gives talks and workshops about how to thrive when you're never in an office. She has two daughters and lives in south London where she also runs a photography business with her husband. It is not unrelated to all the above that she is extremely interested in burnout and how to avoid it.

Rebecca Seal is a recovering people pleaser. In her teens and early twenties, she made choices that were based on what she thought other people expected of her. Whether those perceptions were true or not, Rebecca had no idea, but she did feel pressured to get into a prestigious university. She was an excellent student which enabled her to land a spot at the London School of Economics (LSE) to study international relations, which she found challenging for several reasons. At eighteen, Rebecca did not know what she wanted to do, had never been away from home, and was no longer the big fish in a small pond. It was unsettling and painful.  Upon graduation, Rebecca attempted to secure employment with an NGO or the UN, but she could not even get an interview. She returned home to Oxford and waited tables. She felt horribly stuck at the time, but today believes it was a good experience. The lessons learned from the hospitality industry made her a better team player and enabled her to grow as a manager and leader. Rebecca still wanted to pursue her interest in international relations so she returned to London to get her master's at Kings College. In the middle of her program, she got a job at the Observer newspaper, which became her first professional role as a journalist. As she started there thinking she would work as a foreign correspondent, Rebecca became the paper's food writer and editor for six years. She then departed the paper during a tough economic period and decided to try her hand at being a freelance writer. Twelve years later, Rebecca has authored nine cookbooks and continues to be a freelance journalist mostly writing about food and drink. Additionally, she had the opportunity to host a weekly TV show on Sunday mornings about brunch and related topics for 4 years. Six years ago she had an idea for a book about how to survive working alone, because she was feeling alone as a freelancer: SOLO: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind).  In this week's Work From The Inside Out podcast, learn more about Rebecca's  journey: Rebecca gives talks and workshops, as well as writing articles, on coping with solitary working, to all sorts of people around the world.  She continues to write and publish cookbooks, and to work for UK newspapers. Learn more and connect with Rebecca here: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaSealWriter https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccaseal/ https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.seal.127 @rebeccaseal www.rebeccaseal.co.uk www.howtoworkalone.com

Rebecca Seal is a podcaster and author who joins me to share her feel-good habits, the strategies she uses and recommends to make sure every day is a good day.In this episode @bexseal and I discuss:The no alcohol Monday to Friday rule that she and her husband have implemented to make working from home more productive.Why working from home requires boundaries and having strict ‘working hours' and ‘no work on weekends'.Why lockdown and working from home made her analyse her relationship with food and helped her make the shift to eating as though she were feeding a friend.The value in transitional rituals to move from one mode of thinking/being to another.Why people are so good for the soul and connection, whether in-person or online, is something to nurture and make time for.Bex's book Solo: How to Work Alone (and not lose your mind) is available now and Bex's podcast The Solo Collective, is available on all good podcast platforms.To find the full, unedited episode simply click the link in my bio or type ‘The Emma Guns Show' into your preferred podcast platform.As ever, I'd love to know what you think whether that's in the comments below, on DM or via email. I make this podcast for YOU and if there's anything you'd like to hear on this subject, or any other, please feel free to let me know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When we think of self-care, we might think of a long bath or a wine at the end of the day but it's so much more than that. We need to think about what self-care looks like in our lives. In this episode, we're joined by Emma Gunavardhana, Host of The Emma Guns Show, who shares her transitional rituals from getting up and active before sitting at her desk to raking herself out of a spruced home office set up at the end of the day. We need to do whatever works for us so let host Rebecca Seal and Emma help you find out your own soothing self-care moment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When it comes to your business, do you have tunnel vision? Tunnel vision keeps you focused on the work directly in front of you, passively waiting for people to choose you. It tells you to share content consistently with the hope that what you have to say will resonate with someone, anyone. Most importantly, it keeps you trapped alone in the dark, surrounded by imaginary monsters. Inspired by something I read recently in Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind) by Rebecca Seal, I'm going to talk about business tunnel vision and share seven ways to escape it.

When it comes to your business, do you have tunnel vision? Tunnel vision keeps you focused on the work directly in front of you, passively waiting for people to choose you. It tells you to share content consistently with the hope that what you have to say will resonate with someone, anyone. Most importantly, it keeps you trapped alone in the dark, surrounded by imaginary monsters. Inspired by something I read recently in Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind) by Rebecca Seal, I'm going to talk about business tunnel vision and share seven ways to escape it.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Pain Beat, The IASP Pain Research Forum's new monthly podcast series! Supported by a generous grant from The MAYDAY Fund, The Pain Beat brings together the world's leading pain investigators in order to spark dialogue and debate around important ideas in pain research. Guided by Rebecca Seal, Scientific Director of The Pain Beat, these podcasts feature open and spirited discussion about the hottest topics in pain and how the field moves forward from here. For the first episode, The Pain Beat gathered together a group of pain researchers in Keystone, Colorado, US, where two joint Keystone Symposia, Somatosensation: From Detection to Perception and Pain: Aligning the Target, were being held from February 2-5, 2020. The podcast participants include: Alexander Chesler, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, US Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps Research, La Jolla, US Sarah Ross, University of Pittsburgh, US Cheryl Stucky, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, US Stephani Sutherland, PRF freelancer (moderator) The group found a quiet spot away from the hubbub of the meeting to discuss the following question: What biological levels should be targeted to produce the most effective pain therapies: molecules, cells, circuits, or systems? 

In this episode we interview the amazing Rebecca Seal about one of our favourite books ever; Solo. 

It's said that loneliness can increase your risk of death by 26% and poor social connections are as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Being a solo or an at-home worker increases your chances of being lonely, something our host Rebecca Seal dealt with and a feeling that led to the creation of The Solo Collective. Chartered Psychologist and Author of How to Build a Healthy Brain, Kimberley Wilson joins us for the series finale. We explore how we can stop it in its tracks by learning about loneliness and celebrate the working revolution as a united front instead. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Still WFH? The food writer Rebecca Seal has been doing it for more than a decade. Six years ago, however, she reached something close to breaking point: working until eight or nine at night, six days a week (plus Sunday mornings, when she's a regular on brunch TV). So she and her partner decided to change things. They set rules: no working or talking about work before breakfast; no working after 8pm; no talking about work after 8pm - and no working at weekends. They stuck to them - and things got better. Now she has written a book, Solo: How to Work Alone (and Not Lose Your Mind), about how to make WFH work for you. It's full of brilliant advice - I loved hearing about how she has managed to cut back her hours while also being more productive, how she copes with loneliness, and also how, as a food writer, she approaches dinner parties (top tip: always test the recipe). I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Buy the book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/solo/rebecca-seal/9781788164856 Edited by Chelsey Moore

Journalist and Author Rebecca Seal joins Tim to talk about her new book, which details what working alone can do to your brain and how to deal with working solo.  Sponsored by Quooker.

Introducing The Solo Collective, a brand-new podcast hosted by Rebecca Seal, the bestselling author of 'Solo - How to Work Alone and Not Lose Your Mind'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you've ever worked for a bigger business, you will be aware of the experience of immediately slotting into a structure of work that was in place before we arrived. The hours, the tools, the environment, etc., have already been set. We just need to learn what they are so we can do the job on day one. However, when you started, did you think about the structure and processes you need for your business to function? Rebecca Seal didn't and didn't know a single solo worker who did. In September 2020, Rebecca published “Solo”, which addresses what we gain but also miss when we shift from the structure of an office environment to the solitary confines of our homes or studios. It's a fantastic book full of the stories we will all recognise in ourselves as freelancers. In this episode, Rebecca shares some of those stories and talks about why she wrote the book, what she learned about herself as a freelancer while writing it, and how she sees freelancing evolving in the coming years. About Rebecca Seal Rebecca is an award-winning food, drink, lifestyle, and personal development writer, based in London. She also runs a photography studio, Kemble House. She has been freelancing for over 10 years and, in an attempt to help other solo workers navigate, survive, and thrive in the strange world of working alone, wrote Solo: How To Work Alone (And Not Lose Your Mind. It's an evidence-based book, pulling on behavioural science, organisation psychology, and economics. The book includes interviews from TED talkers, other solo workers, and many, many academics who specialise in work and well-being. As well as all this, Rebecca has also written eight cookbooks, many of which have been published in different languages. Her journalism is published worldwide in broadsheet newspapers and magazines, and she regularly appears on UK television and radio, as well as podcasts and in short documentary films.

Picking up where the freelancer bibles stop, Solo addresses what we gain but also miss when we shift from the structure of an office environment to the solitary confines of our homes or studios. Blending the latest research in psychology, economics and social science with guided self-examination and more than ten years of freelance experience, Rebecca Seal shows you how to stay resilient, productive and focused in a company of one. Order your copy of Solo from your local bookshop or on Amazon.

In this episode we discuss:How to create boundaries between home and work lifeHow to manage the dual role of working from home and home-schoolingHow to make a great lunch for one at homeHow to plan for success using present tense journalingWhy she loves living in LondonRebecca's recommendations for local takeaways! You can find out more on Rebecca on her websites https://www.rebeccaseal.co.uk/ and https://www.howtoworkalone.com/Be part of the conversation!Let us know if you enjoyed this episode and please share on social media if you did!Please get involved via socials on the following:Find us on Instagram @portrait_of_a_londoner Facebook @Portrait of a Londoner Twitter @portraitpodcast

Vibes are mixed up this week on the damn TickyOff. We begin with a solo intro by Sam which is as magnificent, insightful and flat out vibey as you'd expect without that heavy horse shaped vibe anchor weighing his vibe down. This is followed by a secretly recorded meeting between The Pidgin Boyz and Pidgin GM and Head chef Jack and Hamish. They discuss reopening Pidgin, the potential for London to move into Tier 3 and some thoughts on the current hospitality vibe in London. So many vibes. We thought a little honest peek behind a Pidgin shaped curtain might be of interest. We then move into the real vibe of the podcast with a brilliant guest, Rebecca Seal is here talking up a goddamn storm about her new book ‘Solo: How To Work Alone'. She also gets into poisonous printers, fractal patterns, why the 8 hour work day is a nonsense and why she carries a pot plant around with her at all times. It's some darn fascinating chat right here and as ever, you are at least somewhat, welcome. Here is a link to the Pidgin GoFundMe campaign: https://uk.gofundme.com/f/keep-pidgin-flying Anything you can chip in would be greatly, vastly, mightily, appreciated. Rebecca's book ‘Solo: How To Work Alone' is available via a hidden portal in the trunk of an old ash tree somewhere due east of here, also from bookshops both real, online, and probably imagined. This episode is sponsored by wine tinsel dancers dropwine.co.uk

Connection Privée host Clemence de Crecy interviews journalist, editor and TV presenter, Rebecca Seal for this third episode of our second season. Their casual but engaged chat coincides with the launch of Rebecca's latest book, Solo: How to Work Alone and Not Lose Your Mind. During their open and frank discussion, Rebecca shares a wealth of productivity hacks with Clem while also offering ideas and advice about how to network (even during a pandemic and even if you typically work alone).