Hi, I'm Helen and I'm Sarah and this is the squiggly careers podcast where each week we talk about a different topic to do with work and we share ideas and tools that we hope will help you because it always helps us to get that bit better at navigating our squiggly careers.

So this week's episode is going to be slightly different. The topic that we're talking about is how to cage your confidence gremlins. And the reason that we are focusing on that is because we have an exciting new project that we have been working on behind the scenes that we want to share with you. So the way this is going to work is Sarah is going to do the announcement and she's going to tell you what

that project is and also how you can get involved in it. So there's some really exciting ways that

you can learn with us. And then once we talked about that, we're going to get into some practical

ideas for how you can cage your confidence gremlin. So Sarah, what is the news? If we had sophisticated sound, I feel like now

we'd have a drum roll. So our news is that we have written a new book that you can pre-order now

called Gremlins. And we are so excited about this because it's a bit different to the books

that we've done before for three reasons. One, they're a very different style to our first books. And being

honest, I think they're a bit more stylish. They're A6. So they're quite small. They're very

colourful so we can use colour and they are beautifully illustrated. So we have brought those

gremlins to life. And I would say it's very much a royal way because those illustrations

are not done by Helen and I.

They're done by a great illustrator called Mark Conlon.

And then Jen, who works with us, who's our squiggly designer, has just made the books look beautiful.

So a lot less words and a lot more kind of images.

They're really creative.

They're just really nice to spend time with.

And you don't just get one book. You actually get two short books. So the first book is on knowing and the second book is on caging your Gremlins. And they come in a lovely folder all really nicely packaged and designed. And everyone who pre-orders a copy will be invited to join us for a free how to cage your

Confidence Gremlin's workshop with Helen and I, whether that's a pro or con, I don't know,

where we'll be working through ideas in the book together as a group. So we'll be doing

our usual live drawing, we'll be doing lots of the exercises, loads of the ideas, very relaxed,

very informal. So I'm already looking forward to that.

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