{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66cee5f5d0fb9f3ed3c6b641/69c8e4cbf4bf09c5996aa51d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"WAM: Writers on the Couch with Tamu Thomas","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66cee5f5d0fb9f3ed3c6b641/1774779110951-4cc1c5c2-a4d1-4d51-b7e1-e13b5a28e06a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The billion dollar industry that is self-help may ultimately save us all, and here's a woman who knows.</p><p><br></p><p>When Tamu Thomas wrote <a href=\"https://www.waterstones.com/book/women-who-work-too-much/tamu-thomas/9781837820740\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Women Who Work Too Much</a>, she thought she was simply conveying common sense. Today, Jen and Tamu discuss accidentally writing books which spark pushback, and how it feels to get caught up in systems which are hostile to change.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tamu.thomas/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tamu</a> is a former social worker and leading women's coach, who believes 'Work should develop us not deplete us. When it's grounded in meaning and purpose it can become a source of connection and flourishing that fuels our wellbeing.'</p><p><br></p><p>Here at WAM, this resonates. And, from what we hear, suspect it might for you, too...</p>","author_name":"Women Are Mad"}