Louise Goss - Founder of The Homeworker Magazine

01/11/21 • 34 min

One time self employed journalist based in Australia, we discover how interviewing and profiling home working entrepreneurs for a tech start up was the start of the idea that became The Homeworker magazine.

Louise Goss joins us for episode 28, drawing upon her husband's experiences we reflect on how attitudes towards home working have changed from both an individual and business perspective. Why her magazine is much more useful than googling the top 5 productivity tips and how the Homeworker blends key themes around business, productivity, mindset, wellbeing and your work environment.

Contents

02:30 James has the hump with fascists

03:30 Groundhog day - it's hard to hit the ground running in 2021

04:20 Ian misses flow

05:30 Less parental guilt this time

07:20 From Freelance journalist to celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the magazine

09:00 Louise back in UK with 2 children under 3

09:50 Blending business, productivity, mindset, wellbeing and your work environment.

10:15 I wish I could say I had this Eureka moment and this amazing foresight that we're all going to be doing it

12:10 Work and life are very integrated nowadays. And there's no real getting around that.

12:50 it's very easy to do a quick Google, you know, top five productivity tips working from home.

15:25 Branching out into a corporate subscription

16:30 There's working from home and then there's working from home during a global pandemic

17:30 Parenting and homeworking

22:00 Husband changing how he felt about home working

25:19 We actually turfed my daughter out of her room and made an office joining lockdown

26:30 Ergonomics advice - the best posture is the next posture

Tips 27:20

Involving the children in the planning of home-school

Leave the fairy lights up

If you create an inviting and welcoming workspace you're going to do better work there

https://www.thehomeworker.com/

https://twitter.com/homeworkermag

https://www.instagram.com/thehomeworkermag/
About Lockdown Dads

James Millar and Ian Dinwiddy are recording a weekly ‘show’ exploring the impact of lockdown, self-isolation and social distancing on working dads.

We’ll share tips, thoughts and stories with special guests, discuss our hopes for the future and the opportunities that all this represents, especially for dads who want to be more active and involved fathers but who until now have struggled with the expectations of what it means to be a man in the workplace. We hope you enjoy watching and listening!

To get in touch, submit your tips and learn about us click here: https://www.inspiringdads.co.uk/lockdown-dads

Contents

02:30 James has the hump with fascists

03:30 Groundhog day - it's hard to hit the ground running in 2021

04:20 Ian misses flow

05:30 Less parental guilt this time

07:20 From Freelance journalist to celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the magazine

09:00 Louise back in UK with 2 children under 3

09:50 Blending business, productivity, mindset, wellbeing and your work environment.

10:15 I wish I could say I had this Eureka moment and this amazing foresight that we're all going to be doing it

12:10 Work and life are very integrated nowadays. And there's no real getting around that.

12:50 it's very easy to do a quick Google, you know, top five productivity tips working from home.

15:25 Branching out into a corporate subscription

16:30 There's working from home and then there's working from home during a global pandemic

17:30 Parenting and homeworking

22:00 Husband changing how he felt about home working

25:19 We actually turfed my daughter out of her room and made an office joining lockdown

26:30 Ergonomics advice - the best posture is the next posture

Tips 27:20

Involving the children in the planning of home-school

Leave the fairy lights up

If you create an inviting and welcoming workspace you're going to do better work there

https://www.thehomeworker.com/

https://twitter.com/homeworkermag

https://www.instagram.com/thehomeworkermag/
About Lockdown Dads

James Millar and Ian Dinwiddy are recording a weekly ‘show’ exploring the impact of lockdown, self-isolation and social distancing on working dads.

To get in touch, submit your tips and learn about us click here: https://www.inspiringdads.co.uk/lockdown-dads

Previous Episode

Looking back at 2020 with James and Ian

A look back at 26 episodes of Lockdown Dads - the good, the bad and the ugly as we ponder the "annus horribilis" that was 2020. We talk guests and the tips that inspired us and the tips that shocked us, it's all here as we discuss what 2021 has instore for dads and their families and how as a show we can continue to bring you interesting and informative content onward into season 3 of a project we wanted to kill off. Too much lockdown...!

(Recorded pre-Tier 4 / Christmas cancellation)

Contents

1:30 This week - Webinars, Xmas cards and good people doing good things.

03:30 The importance of the Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse fishing programme.

05:30 The good - walks and family time, Saturday night movies.

07:30 All fathers should watch It's A Wonderful Life.

08:30 Scepticism about the Rona-coaster - until James hit it.

The emotional impact of freedom being snatched away.

Looking ahead to his daughter being nearly 14 next year.

11:50 Adapting and Accepting. Being kind to yourself.

Michael Ray and Nadia Nagamootoo talking about the small things.

13:30 Christmas - make the most of it, but not Kay Burley style.

14:00 Noel McDermott from Season 1 had the most striking tip - no drinking.

15:45 Yash Puri and the night time nappy changing, James and choosing the "right" pants.

17:30 Making time for yourself - Dan Reed, Ady Griffiths and Mari Williams.

18:00 Awe walks from Jessica Chivers.

19:30 Philip Simon re-record the punchline.

Dr Jasmine Kelland and Dr Laura Radcliffe with strong calls to action.

22:20 Freddie Bennett - The man who ran a marathon in welly boots and broke the Guinness World Record.

24:30 Dads exposed to genuine parenting challenge.

27:00 Future trends for 2021, it will be key for people like us - making the case for flexible working when the temptation will be for a return pre pandemic "norms."

31:00 Tip watch the Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse show. Cherry Vodka and Tonic make it your Christmas drink of choice.

Next Episode

Steve Myall - Journalist and Podcaster

Living 50m from Central Park in Upper West side Manhattan sounds incredibly glamorous but not if you've swapped a house for a pandemic apartment in lockdown. This week's guest Steve Myall, former deputy features Editor of the Daily Mirror and co-host of the highly successful First Time Dads podcast joins James and I as the circle of podcasting is complete.

We talk shared parental leave, finding space in a big city and why diplomatic status is this year's must have accessory for the Real Brit Dads of New York. Steve talks about what it is like on the ground in New York - elections, parenting and being that elusive species - the hands on stay at home dad.

Contents

01:30 switching a house for an apartment, not realising that we would be in it 24 hours a day.

02:30 Home school and Boris the Cat

05:00 God alone knows what we're going to do at the weekend.

06:00 We had a friend who took some shared parental leave, he was in his shorts, had grown a beard. He was relaxed. He was chilled. And the relationship with his second child looked fantastic.

07:30 Condensed hours and changing how you look at work.

08:00 Moving to New York.

09:30 The First Time Dads Podcast - because we felt that dad's weren't really talking about the emotional stuff.

13:30 There was talk of a virus in China and then suddenly New York's in this epicenter.

14:30 If you're on the seventh floor of an apartment you can't take them to playgrounds or shop.

16:45 We are fortunate, because my wife works for the UN, we've got a diplomatic status here so that we were able to come back to the UK.

17:45 New York parks v Crystal Palace Park aka "have you got a big dinosaur with its face fallen off?"

19:35 Federal law allows you to have 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave as a dad.

22:00 Not only would it be unusual for me to see a dad taking their kids to this stuff, it would be unusual for me to see a parent because they're all nannies.

23:00 It's changed a lot since lockdown - you see a lot more dads doing drop-off and pick up because obviously they're working from home.

26:10 And then the adults all have a shrink, right?

28:00 We drove back into New York as the election result came over the radio and people were out in the street, opening bottles of champagne, cheering on the street corners.

29:00 If you go in Central Park, without wearing a mask outside, you will be shouted at.

30:00 Tips: Watch Soul, eat chocolate oranges and get in touch with mindfulness and the craft box.

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About Lockdown Dads

James Millar and Ian Dinwiddy are recording a weekly ‘show’ exploring the impact of lockdown, self-isolation and social distancing on working dads.

To get in touch, submit your tips and learn about us click here: https://www.inspiringdads.co.uk/lockdown-dads