Pivot Insider member and creativity expert Kathryn Hayden is here to help
parents “turn a difficult time into a time of possibility.” Over the past
decade, she has written four books, several hundred articles, taught and
trained thousands of kids, educators, and businesspeople, all while working
from home and homeschooling her son, while her husband worked long hours at
the office and on weekends.

Before we get into her many helpful ideas for homeschooling while WFH, a
caveat: just hours after we finished recording, I read a New York Times
article titled, “I Refuse to Run a Coronavirus Home School.” If you’re
already maxed out with kids and home and trying to get your own work done,
that article may provide much-needed solace! You have permission not to
Pinterest your pandemic, as we said in episode 162.

If/when you do want some best practices from someone who home schooled for
over a decade while also working from home, this episode is always here for
you!

Kathryn is also a great podcast success story: she listened to the episode
with Rohit Bhargava from December 2017, 75: Become a Trend Curator, reached
out to him, and next thing you know his imprint Non-Obvious Guides was
publishing her book, The Non-Obvious Guide to Being More Creative, No
Matter Where You Work!

For a deeper dive, check out Kathryn’s Course: Work From Home With Kids and
THRIVE, and this great list of online learning resources for kids from my
business attorney, Francine Love.

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Background from our kick-off to this Pivoting Around A Pandemic series,
episode 159: With so much happening daily in the world and global economy
around coronavirus, we’re all dealing with massive amounts of uncertainty,
pivots at work, and for many—fear and anxiety that comes with not only the
health concerns, but questions around how to maintain our livelihoods
moving forward.

When Momentum member and pandemic expert Dr. Michael J. Consuelos reached
out to offer himself as a resource to the JBE team and the MoMo community,
I jumped at the chance to record a conversation for all of you as well,
which has now turned into a full-blown series:

* 159: Pivoting Around a Pandemic

* 160: 11 Ways for Solopreneurs to Maintain Momentum

* 161: Personal Safety, Contingency Planning, and Crucial Conversations

* 162: What It's Like—Two Weeks in to Self-Quarantine in the Seattle
Area (Hint: Ditch the Pressure for a Pinterest-Worthy Pandemic
Response)

* 163: 25 Favorite Tips for WFH (Working From Home)

* 165: Rainer Maria Rilke On Sadness — Letters to a Young Poet (#8)