{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiftk.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Foverwhelm-zhCsQ5vG","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Overwhelm! What to do when it all gets a bit much","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5244e8dc-6968-4b85-8237-b52d9ddbebf9/460ce14e-d5a7-4841-a074-510b95dda8e0/diftk-podcast-artwork-gold.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"This week Frankie Tortora and Steve Folland have a chat in response to a question from social media manager Bethany Carter. She says:\n\n“How do you deal with overwhelm? Are there some strategies you can recommend other than taking time off?\n\nI am a self-employed social media manager and I also have a side project sharing sensory and messy play ideas for babies and toddlers (Pumpkin Play).\n\nI am Mum to an almost 2 year-old who is in childcare 2.5 days a week, and I catch up on work most evenings until around midnight once he's in bed. I love what I do and I don't want to change it, but sometimes I feel like I really need a break and it's more stressful to take one than to plough on through.\n\nBeing a social media manager makes taking holidays reeeeeeeally challenging, and when I do take time off I always end up having even more work when I return. ALSO whenever I tell my clients I am taking a break, I can guarantee that's when they'll demand more of my attention — it's as though me taking time off has reminded them to check in more often.\n\nFriends in employment are forever telling me to 'just take a break' or 'have some time off' but it's not as easy as that is it? I feel like I'm on a high speed train and it's a wonderful and exciting ride, but occasionally I'd like it to stop and let me off for a bit!\n\nThanks in advance — a happy, fulfilled, but exhausted DIFTK-er. Beth\""}