Welcome to our fourth and final episode in our wellness for editors series! In this episode of The Modern Editor Podcast, we’re talking all about social and intellectual wellness.

There’s a lot to mull over in this episode, including the difficulty of making friends as an adult, cultivating critical thinking skills, and why you shouldn’t outsource your brain.

As always, this episode could bring up some emotions. Please take what works for you and leave the rest. Give these concepts time to sink in so you can apply them to your life in phases rather than all at once.

• (2:08) The Social Downside of Working Solo
• (8:50) The Challenge of Making New Friends as an Adult
• (11:33) What Is Intellectual Wellness?
• (14:56) Don’t Outsource Your Brain
• (19:11) Our Brains Are Our Superpower
• (20:14) Your Wellness Is the Core of Your Business

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Welcome back to our series on self-care! Our last few episodes covered physical/environmental wellness and financial health. In this episode, we’re diving into mental and emotional well-being tips for freelance editors.

Specifically, I’m talking about how our thoughts and emotions show up in our businesses and how I process my emotions. I’m also going to share some self-care ideas that can benefit your mental and emotional health.

It goes without saying that this can be a loaded topic, so please remember that I’m not a medical or mental health professional in any way. I’m simply sharing what I’ve learned from fourteen years of running my own editing business so that you can take the insights you like and make them work for you.

• Jessica Stong
• Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
• Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey
• Your Attention is Sacred Except on Social Media by Amelia Hruby
• Hood Wellness by Tamela J. Gordon
• The Cure for Burnout by Emily Ballesteros
• Quiet by Susan Cain
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Calm app: How to regulate your nervous system and restore calm: 12 proven techniques
• Episode 3: Why Mindset is More than Just a Buzzword
• Episode 7: Why You Need Boundaries in Your Business
• Episode 26: How to Avoid (or Recover from) Burnout
• Episode 47: Editor Self-Care: How to Use Affirmations in Your Business

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If you want to confront your relationship with money, start a business. Have you heard this saying before? I couldn’t agree with it more. Nothing makes you get up close and personal with your finances than running your own business.

In this episode of The Modern Editor, we’re continuing our series on self-care, but this time we’re talking all things money.

I think it’s safe to assume that most of us didn’t learn about money the way we should’ve and likely have complicated relationships with our finances. We’re diving into how our upbringing affects our relationship with money, how to improve our money mindset, and I’m giving you practical tips on how to run your freelance business as financially effective as possible.

• (2:45) The Systemic and Political Issues Involved in Owning a Business
• (4:23) How to Improve Your Money Mindset
• (8:09) Money Tips For Freelancers
• (16:15) Take Your Business Finances Seriously
• (18:00) How Often Should You Change Your Rates?
• (19:52) It’s Okay to Seek Financial Aid
• (20:48) Buy Back Your Time
• (21:52) Three Money Mantras

• Keeping Finances Personal by Ellyce Fulmore
• Moving Beyond Broke by Dasha Kennedy
• Get Good With Money by Tiffany Aliche
• I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
• We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers
• Editorial Freelancers Association
• YNAB
• Quickbooks
• IRS website

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