Generation Exceptional Bev Thorogood

In today's episode of the Generation Exceptional podcast I'm talking about how to be more intentional with your time to help you be more productive, stay on track, reduce overwhelm and avoid time stress.
These habits will help whether you have ADHD like me, or not.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Welcome to the Podcast
02:52 - Reflect and Review
03:55 - Plan Your Week
04:55 - Time Blocking
07:34 - Schedule in Thinking Time
08:21 - Limit The Number of Priorities
10:01 - Protect Time for Priorities
11:21 - Be Ruthless with Yes
11:40 - Don't Be Busy Being Busy
12:47 - Factor in a Contingency Day

Business networking is an essential pastime for small business owners, but for most of us it's not a natural or comfortable thing to do, especially when we first get started in business.
It is, however, a learned skill and once you get the hang of it you'll probably find it can actually be a great experience where you get to make some great connections and even some long lasting friends.
So today I've got 17 (yes I know! who needs even numbers any way ...) tips to help you network like a ninja and get the most from your networking bucks.
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If you feel like you’re on an endless hamster wheel of content creation, posting everywhere and not seeing the results you want, I completely get you. So today I’m going to share why I’m choosing to make YouTube my main focus for content creation and how it fits into my broader marketing strategy.
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Well, I'm a little bit excited about this! I'm relaunching the Generation Exceptional podcast!
After more than a year since I put the podcast to bed, it's time to resurrect it and get the conversations flowing again!
But this time, we're going visual!
Video podcasts are a growing 'thing' and I'm excited to be relaunching the podcast on Youtube as well as here in audio version. In this first 'relaunch' episode find out why I'm starting over again and what you can expect from me in future episodes!
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History definitely hasn't always been kind to older women, words like hag, crone and witch weren't uncommon, and women were described as hysterical, "bleare eyed, pale and fowle", although always, it would appear, by men.
Dr Helen Foster is a historian and a creative writing practitioner working at Leicester University, and in this episode, recorded for The Generation Exceptional Podcast, she shares how she got involved with recording the real life testimonies of women and their personal stories of going through the menopause transition to create 'A Silent Archive'.
The Silent Archive You can listen to some compilations on the East Midlands Oral History Archive pages on the University of Leicester website https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/the-silent-archive.
Writing Workshops
Helen will be running a series of writing workshops around these themes in March 2023. The workshops are free (with Wellcome Trust funding through the University of Leicester) and offer a safe space for women who are interested to explore their lived experiences of menopause through reflective and creative writing. No writing experience is necessary.
Workshops are being held on the following dates:
Monday 20 March 12:30pm - 2:00pm at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Tuesday 21 March 12:30pm - 2:00pm at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Wednesday 22 March 10:30am - 12:00pm at Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Monday 27 March 6:00pm - 7:30pm online
Tuesday 28 March 6:00pm - 7:30pm online
Thursday 30 March 6:00pm - 7:30pm online
Bookings will open on Eventbrite soon.
For more information contact hlf8@leicester.ac.uk
Wellcome Collection Stories
Also following on from Helen's talk at the Old Operating Theatre Museum, later in the year she'll be writing a series of articles for the Wellcome Collection Stories website (https://wellcomecollection.org/stories) exploring menopause through a historical lens.

If you've ever wondered what it's like to stand on the famous TEDx red dot to share your ideas with an audience, I'd love to share with you my own experience of how I got to give my TEDx Talk in Sep 2022.

You might be surprised at how long the process can be and you might also be surprised to know that you don't have be all that special to get chosen either!

I actually recorded this podcast as a YouTube video for a brand new channel I've just launched called 'My Butterfly Years' where I'm basically sharing my thoughts, ideas, experiences and adventures as a post menopausal woman with ADHD.

I'd love you to head over to the Channel and check out some of the vlogs and videos I've posted so far. Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/@mybutterflyyears

If you fancy checking out my TEDx Talk 'ADHD in Menopausal Women' use the link below:

https://youtu.be/eRPSvRWRoXg

And if you want to see the TEDx Talk that inspired my own journey, check out Brene Brown's 'Listening to Shame' talk from 10 years ago:

https://youtu.be/eRPSvRWRoXg