019 Creating a career out of the work you love with blogger, podcaster and author Alison Perry

Content note: body image and diet culture

‘Every job I have ever done is because I really love it, and I want to do it, and I want to connect with people in some way’

Alison Perry wears many hats; she is a blogger, podcaster, author, influencer, and mother.

Starting off her career in journalism Alison was an early adopter of social media, encouraging the magazines she worked with to increase their online presence. When she set up her first blog it was in her lunchtimes and evenings and wasn’t monetised; Alison wanted to offer support and a network to other mothers and didn’t see it as a career option. This has all changed, and now Alison is a pro content creator with a large online following.

Alison talks about:

The importance of doing a job for the love of it, putting passion before pay cheques, and the privilege that facilitates this. Using social media to encourage body confidence, the issues with the damagingly narrow view of a healthy body that we currently have, and seeing the body as an instrument not an ornament. Her husband being a ‘stay at home husband’, how and why this works for them as a family, and the gendered reactions it provokes. Alison’s recent book ‘OMG It’s Twins’, perfect for anyone expecting twins to prepare them for what is to come and how to cope (from experience!).  

Find Alison on Instagram at ‘@iamalisonperry’, search ‘Not Another Mummy Blog’ to find her blog, or listen to her podcast by searching ‘Not Another Mummy Podcast’ on your usual podcast platform.

You can buy Alison’s book ‘OMG It’s Twins’ here.

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Our thanks go to Tom Seals for his wonderful piano playing at the end of this episode – find him here: @tomseals and www.tomseals.co.uk

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