#321 Penny Wincer - The Imperfect Art Of Caring

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emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

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🗓️ 27 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Today's guest is Penny Wincer, a Melbourne born, London dwelling author, speaker, podcaster and freelance photographer. In this episode we discuss her experience as a mother and carer, her writing about work life and creativity, and raising a neurodiverse family. Penny’s first book Tender published is out now. She has also just launched a new podcast called Not Too Busy To Writ‪e‬, alongside author Ali Millar. Listen in as they navigate the world of writing, publishing and creativity whilst juggling the demands of motherhood, caring and other paid work, without losing themselves in the process. Hope you enjoy this episode!

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0:58.0	Hello and welcome back to Control or Delete. My guest today is Penny Wincer. She is a Melbourne
1:03.8	born London Dwelling, author, speaker, and photographer. Penny's first book, Tender,
1:09.6	the imperfect art of caring is out now. It's such a beautiful book that I really enjoyed reading.
1:15.2	It's part memoir, but it's also full of research, interviews, and statistics about caring and
1:21.6	being a carer. Penny comes up this topic from two angles having been a carer growing up to one of
1:28.4	her parents, and now caring as a parent for one of her children. We talk about this in the episode,
1:34.6	we talk about the book, the life lessons that can be found in a life of being a carer,
1:40.2	how caring is a human theme for us all, and I absolutely love her writing. She talks about work,
1:46.8	creativity, raising a neurodiverse family, learning to see the beauty in life while also sharing
1:53.0	the highs and lows along the way, and it was just such a pleasure to talk to her. So if you enjoyed
1:58.2	this episode, please leave a little review or get in touch, and I really recommend grabbing a copy
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