{"id":21104,"date":"2019-01-22T12:17:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T10:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=21104"},"modified":"2022-02-17T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T14:08:42","slug":"sherry-walling-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/sherry-walling-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sherry Walling Interview – On Productivity and Mental Health in the Business World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, our WordCamp Europe interview series continues! Back in June<\/a>, we recorded a few interviews with WordPress enthusiasts, including\u00a0Sherry Walling<\/strong>. While it’s been a little while since WordCamp Europe,\u00a0Sherry has some great tips on how to stay away from distractions and be productive at work that make her interview worth the wait.<\/p>\n

This interview is part of our\u00a0#WCEU Series\u00a0<\/strong>of interviews, which can be found in the\u00a0Pirate Interviews category<\/a>\u00a0on our blog, along with many other talks we’ve had with interesting people. Last month, it was Alex Denning<\/a> who shared his insights on marketing and content.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, let’s get back to the Sherry Walling interview!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Sherry owns ZenFounder<\/a>, a consulting company that provides business people with professional advice on how to live a balanced, healthy life and cope with difficult situations. Beyond that, she also hosts a free Zenfounder podcast<\/a>\u00a0(it just reached 200 episodes) and is the author of a book for entrepreneurs<\/a> called The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together<\/em>.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At WordCamp Europe 2018 in Belgrade, she organized a workshop<\/a> which was so successful that the room was absolutely packed (it was fully booked shortly after the announcement went live).<\/p>\n

Since our team was not so fortunate as to get in (except Ionut!), we used the ace in our collective sleeves and scheduled an interview with Sherry, thanks to our privilege of being\u00a0Media Partners at the event. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As with our other WordCamp Europe interviews, you can either watch the video interview in the embedded tweet to the right. Or, you can keep reading below for a text transcription. If you opt to watch the video, make sure you open the full Twitter thread to see all of the questions.<\/div><\/div>\n

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Here's our fourth #WCEU<\/a> interview with Dr. Sherry Walling @zenfounder<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Question 1: You're a PhD, psychologist, podcast and author. How did you get involved with WordPress? pic.twitter.com\/H2Jq5NiMln<\/a><\/p>\n

— ThemeIsle (@ThemeIsle) June 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n