At the same time, Lewis was juggling being a touring comedian, recording her podcast Work Hates with fellow comedian Brett Blake, and multiple TV spots.But she says the demands of her comedy career paled to that of being a mum."With motherhood, you are constantly confronted with potential failure or heartbreaking actual failure like, 'I can't believe I forgot the athletics carnival and you had to wait for me Even though the kids might not necessarily see it as a failure, it's like the top layer of your skin has been removed, all your nerves are exposed the whole time."So I had that running alongside comedy where I could actually see progress."Lewis pulled her continuously growing fanbase into the conversation via her savvy use of social media