Digital Nutrition with Jocelyn Brewer

11/22/21 • 35 min

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Overwhelmed with the amount of time you spend on screens? Jocelyn Brewer talks to Rachel and Lynne about digital nutrition and how freelancers can find a way to live with technology without it taking over our lives.

Jocelyn is a cyberpsychologist and a digital wellbeing expert, who talks to us about conquering our love-hate relationship with technology.

For freelancers and writers, she gives insight on how to be an 'intentional influencer' and have healthy boundaries around tech
She shares practical tips on how to be more mindful about the way we use technology and social media.

Find out more about Jocelyn here: https://jocelynbrewer.com/

Here's the link to her upcoming tech-use agreement course: https://events.humanitix.com/design-your-family-technology-agreement-dec2021

Jocelyn is a cyberpsychologist and a digital wellbeing expert, who talks to us about conquering our love-hate relationship with technology.

For freelancers and writers, she gives insight on how to be an 'intentional influencer' and have healthy boundaries around tech
She shares practical tips on how to be more mindful about the way we use technology and social media.

Find out more about Jocelyn here: https://jocelynbrewer.com/

Here's the link to her upcoming tech-use agreement course: https://events.humanitix.com/design-your-family-technology-agreement-dec2021

Previous Episode

Sophie Cross and the Freelancer magazine journey

Digging deep into freelance communities in London after she’d lost a lot of her work during the pandemic inspired freelance marketing strategist and copywriter Sophie Cross to do something no one’s ever really done: start a magazine by freelancers, for freelancers. In this chat with Sophie, she shares how the idea came to her, how it’s taken over her life (and her work!) and much more. Listen to find out:

+ How the pandemic affected Sophie’s work and caused her to start becoming more embedded in online freelance communities

+ Why she decided to start Freelancer magazine and (and how the Kickstarter campaign sold 1000 copies before the magazine even existed)

+ The nostalgic reason Sophie really wanted to start a print mag, despite the struggles magazines are having right now

+ Why she agrees that niche publishing is the future

+ The power of communities and word of mouth for freelancers

+ Why she loves the chance to talk to so many different freelancers and what she’s learned

+ Why LinkedIn is her main platform for promoting the mag and how her strategies can be used by freelancers promoting themselves

+ The future of Freelancer magazine (it's all good, people!)

+ Sophie’s favourite tools

More about Sophie

Freelancer magazine: www.freelancermagazine.co.uk/

Sophie on Twitter: twitter.com/fullythoughtout

Sophie on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sophcross/

Sophie’s marketing and mindset courses www.thoughtfully.co.uk/

Next Episode

Need a freelancer CV? Here's what to consider

We typically tend to think of CVs as something you use in order to get your next permanent role - but what about freelancers? Do they need a CV too? Many say no, and want to move away from the CV to simply showing clients an online portfolio instead. But there are cases you'll be asked for a CV (especially if you do agency work) and it's a good idea to have one ready to send. In this short episode, we chat about: + What freelancer CVs are + How they differ from traditional CVs + Creating a freelancer CV for yourself + Design, sections, tone of voice + What else you need to know

Resources

Check out some really creative, beautiful CVs here.

If you want to look at Rachel's freelancer CV, you'll find it available to download on her website.

Canva also has a tutorial on creating CVs via its platform.