Kelly Oxford: New York Times Best-Selling Author

Second Life

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🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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It's hard to sum up Kelly Oxford's career without resorting to a list. She's a New York Times best-selling author, screenwriter, sexual assault activist, social media sensation, and mom of three. Oxford wasn't always career-focused, though. In episode five of our podcast, Second Life, she explains what it was like to go from stay-at-home mom to social media star and breadwinner in a matter of tweets. Originally broadcast on March 19, 2018.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Hillary here with a quick reminder for you.
0:04.8	This week we're going to be re-broadcasting one of our absolute favorite episodes while
0:09.8	we're working on our next round of truly inspiring interviews.
0:14.8	It's definitely worth a second listen or a first if you missed it the first time around.
0:19.6	And we'll be back with new episodes soon.
0:22.1	Now on to the show.
0:24.2	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have
0:36.2	truly inspiring careers.
0:38.2	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:42.7	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:48.4	Today I'm speaking with New York Times bestselling author, screenwriter and mother of three
0:53.1	Kelly Oxford. For those of you who don't know, Kelly was a stay at home mom,
0:57.6	turned super successful writer and I love both of her books including everything's perfect
1:02.8	when you're a liar and when you find out the world is against you and other funny memories
1:07.3	about awful moments, Kelly is incredibly hilarious, truly insightful and she's someone I've been
1:13.9	a fan of for years. You are so many things. You are a mom, you are a writer, you are a not okay
1:22.5	activist, you are the co-creator of mean tweets, you're one of my favorite people to follow on
1:27.4	social media period and I feel really incredibly lucky to have you with us today. Thank you.
1:32.5	So thank you for coming on Second Life. Thank you for having me, I'm really happy to be here.
1:36.8	So one of the things that I really love about your story is the fact that you went from being a
1:41.4	super young stay at home mom to being your family's primary breadwinner and having this like crazy
1:47.5	cool career writing bestselling books, writing for TV, writing for film and you're still very young.
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