THE ANXIOUS WRITER 🌿 By Helen Redfern
Hiding Under the Desk Podcast by Helen Redfern
#9 What are the lessons I learned from running a mentoring and writing business in 2022? | Solo Episode
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#9 What are the lessons I learned from running a mentoring and writing business in 2022? | Solo Episode

How mentoring burned me out, my worry about running out of time and not feeling like my business is worth marketing.
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A solo episode of Hiding Under the Desk where I unpack what I learned from 2022 with my mentoring and writing business.

A couple of weeks ago I made the sad decision to stop running The Confident Creative Club. I talk about the reasons behind it and what I hadn’t taken into consideration when starting the Club.

I also share how I constantly worry about running out of time and how I don’t value investing time in the marketing of my work.

So much to unpack in this episode. The good, the bad and the ugly. I am slowly coming out of burnout and this episode is my attempt to process what has happened to me over the last three months.

I would love to hear about what lessons you learned during 2022. If you’ve written about it or created a video or podcast please feel free to share the link in the comments.

I mentioned the book: Burnt Out by Selina Barker*.

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You can read more about my burn out journey here:

The Red Fern By Helen Redfern
My Unexpected Burnout
It was a few days into December 2022 when I first had an inkling that something was wrong. I had started to wind down my work. I was at a good point on my non-fiction book proposal; just one more read-through and final edit to do before I started emailing agents, and one more masterclass within The Confident Creative Club to host. The masterclass was a Christmas party, nothing strenuous, in fact, it would be fun and I’d already dug out my Father Christmas hat…
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about our Substack journey can be found here:

The Red Fern By Helen Redfern
Our Substack Story
Escucha ahora (38 min) | This is a podcast by Helen Redfern and Claire Holden.If you enjoyed this podcast please do share it and let us know. We’d love to hear from you. Today we are delighted to share the first episode of our podcast about our Substack journey. Helen has been on Substack since June 2022. And Claire launched her Substack in January 2023…
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THE ANXIOUS WRITER 🌿 By Helen Redfern
Hiding Under the Desk Podcast by Helen Redfern
For those who want to write and create but are held back by fears and a lack of self-belief.