{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/60059adb366e922291c73092?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Huma Qureshi on the pregnancy that diverted her writing dreams","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60059ad176b566154159c5d5/1639058280167-38c1df4421663cab4351b7accb673b30.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><em>Author Huma Qureshi talks to Katherine May about a wintering period during her third pregnancy</em> </p>\n\n<p>When Huma got pregnant for the third time, she expected to flourish: after all, she already had a successful journalism career and was working on her first novel. But extreme sickness floored her, and took her into a dark mental space in which she felt that she might never recover.</p>\n\n<p>In her wise and wonderful interview, Huma explains how we can emerge from the deeply miserable moments in our life with a new - more self-compassionate - plan. </p>\n\n<p>You can find Huma on:  </p>\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://instagram.com/humaqureshiwriter\">Instagram: @humaqureshiwriter</a></p>\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://twitter.com/huma_qureshi_uk\">Twitter: @huma<em>qureshi</em>uk</a></p>\n\n<p>Her book <em>How We Met</em> is published in January 2021. Her work features in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://amzn.to/2ZrM0oT\">The Best, Most Awful Job</a>, an anthology of honest writing about motherhood.  </p>\n\n<p>For information on Katherine's online courses, go to: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://katherine-may.teachable.com/\">https://katherine-may.teachable.com/</a></p>\n\n<p>To keep up to date with The Wintering Sessions, follow Katherine on: \n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://twitter.com/_katherine_may_\">Twitter</a></p>\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://instagram.com/katherinemay_\">Instagram</a></p>\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://katherinemay.substack.com/\">Newsletter: https://katherinemay.substack.com/</a></p>\n\n<p>Aspring non-fiction writers may also enjoy Katherine's weekly newsletter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://writingtruestories.substack.com/\">Writing True Stories.</a></p>\n\n<p>Wintering, the book on which this podcast is based, is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://amzn.to/3e5Z0Fq\">out now in hardback</a>.</p>","author_name":"Katherine May"}