12 How to be more productive & less stressed, Emily Austen

About this episode

Emily Austen shares her insights on productivity and stress management as a successful entrepreneur.

The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy found that 96% of UK entrepreneurs admit to ‘bottling up’ the stress of running their business. So, I wanted to hear from a founder who has cracked the code of productivity. Emily Austen is the founder of leading PR agency EMERGE and the author of SMARTER: 10 lessons for a more productive and less-stressed life, publishing this autumn. Having founded EMERGE in 2012, Emily has navigated entrepreneurship and discovered a tried and ...

People in this episode

Host: Juliet Fallowfield

Guest: Emily Austen

Topics covered

• productivity
• stress management
• entrepreneurship
• public relations
• work-life balance

Keywords

• productivity
• stress
• entrepreneur
• PR agency
• work-life balance
• counseling
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, EMERGE

Books & works: SMARTER: 10 lessons for a more productive and less-stressed life

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