010: COVID & Single Parenting - with Jemma Coates

Was homeschooling during lockdown something that affected you? Are you a single parent? Have you been through a bad breakup? Do people in your life know how you really feel or is your mask so firmly in place that no one could even guess? In this episode, we are chatting to Jemma Coates. Jemma is a single mum, working within the financial planning industry and is currently working from home. She talks to us about how the last year has impacted her mentally and how she has coped with the changes she’s endured.

Best Quotes:

‘’I'm not a teacher, so for me to try and teach him something that I do not understand myself was stressful and trying to teach in the way they're teaching, to the way I got taught to do things was just impossible.’’

 

‘’I actually think the fallout from the burnout of people juggling all these balls over the last year is going to last well into, you know, the future.’’

 

‘’…that affected mine and Alfie's relationship because I was trying so hard to get him to do schoolwork and things like that. I just forgot to have a little bit of fun with him.’’

 

‘’The positive that's come out of it is, you've got nobody else to attribute your success to but you - that's got to be a hell of a boost for you.’’

 

RESOURCES

Alan Watkins: Ted Talks – https://youtu.be/h-rRgpPbR5w

 

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