Annie Norman surely qualifies as one of the most enthusiastic people in the hobby, as well as being a hard-working entrepreneur who is at last enjoying some of the success she most assuredly deserves.
Moreover, she’s one of the people who, having battled with her own mental health issues over the years, is best qualified to discuss coping strategies that may help any or all of us as we endure the Covid-19 pandemic with the lockdown and quarantine measures that have been imposed by our governments as the disease circles the globe.
We discuss in detail some of the techniques that both Annie and I have found most useful in dealing with the restrictions and pressures on our daily lives, whether that is maintaining our ability to carry on working or, conversely, dealing with the fact that our entire lives may have shifted to the confines of our homes, with or without other family members to deal with.
We both have found that having a structure to our days, and adopting helpful habits, have been extremely useful, and we discuss in some detail suggestions from the work of a few self-help authors that we have found genuinely helpful – not for us the ‘ra-ra’, high-five, happy-clappy self-appointed gurus, but rather solid techniques that can make a difference to your well-being.
And of course, I also gave Annie time to talk about the latest developments at Bad Squiddo, including her hugely successful Women of WW2 Kickstarter and her plans for the future. Hearing how thrilled she has been with the quality of miniatures she has been able to produce with the help of her highly talented sculptors is in itself a huge morale boost to anyone listening.
So, I hope you enjoy the show, which has a format that is admittedly a product of the strange times through which we are currently living, and I hope that you find it helpful, thought provoking and yes, despite the current crisis, entertaining.
Henry
NB Owing to the importance of the subject to the wider public around the current situation, this episode is exclusive to patrons for just 24 hours.
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