Why social media ruining your life with Katherine Ormerod

The Motherkind Podcast

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 837 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Katherine Ormerod has worked as a journalist for over a decade (Sunday Times Style, Grazia, Glamour). She is also a social media influencer in her own right and in January 2017, she launched workworkwork.co, an anti-perfectionism platform where high-profile social media stars and women with aspirational careers share stories from their 'unedited' lives. She recently released her book ‘Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life’, which looks at the impact that Social Media is having on society, and the necessity of distinguishing social media from real life. We cover; - Katherine’s journey of becoming an influencer on Instagram and then writing her book. - The life experiences that have formed where she is now, including the massive impact her divorce had on her life and outlook. - Social Media and the impact it has on us, our children and society as a whole. Follow Katherine on; @katherine_ormerod (Instagram) workworkwork.co Her book ‘Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life’ is out now at Amazon.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.7	Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Motherkind podcast with me, your host, Zoe
1:19.4	Blaskey, where each week I chat about all things motherhood and well-being. Hi, how are you all?
1:26.3	I hope you're well. This week I am chatting to you another
1:29.6	really interesting guest. Her name is Catherine Ormerot. She is a mum of one. She's also a
1:35.8	journalist and a social media influencer and she is the author of a new book which you may
1:41.1	have seen doing the rounds on Instagram, called Why Social Media is
1:45.5	Rewaning Your Life. And yes, we chatted a lot about the irony of Catherine having written
1:51.4	this book and also being an influencer on Instagram. We dig into that a lot in the interview.
1:57.4	We also chatted about her path to writing the book and how her different life experiences have
2:03.4	led her up to this point, including the huge impact that her divorce had on her career and life
2:08.9	philosophy. I didn't make the decision for my marriage to end, but oh my God, it set me free.
2:14.5	It really did. And it made me realize that whatever I do, things might
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