Living alone can be liberating, maddening, joyful ... lonely. It also might feel very different today than it did several months ago.
This episode features stories from people who live alone, telling us how they are doing right now.
Mar 4
Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong.
When she was growing up, the writer Lindy West was bombarded with negative messages about being fat. The whole world seemed to think she didn’t deserve love unless she lost weight. In her first book, “Shrill,” West wrote about how hard it was to combat fatphobia within herself, i ... Show More
51m 2s
Feb 25
I Didn’t Want to Have Kids. My Husband Did. Could Our Marriage Survive?
When Helena de Groot was a child, she pictured an exciting future for herself: living in a big city, getting an apartment with lots of plants, having a creative job and going dancing on the weekends. She never saw becoming a mother as part of that future. When people asked, she t ... Show More
53m 4s
Jul 2023
How to start doing things alone
26 | Just realized I'm posting an episode about independence on Independence Day (lol), BUT - this week, we're diving deeper into the art & power of DOING THINGS ALONE. I consider myself very independent and do (and enjoy doing) a lot of things alone. However, like most things in ... Show More
36m 33s
May 2022
being alone, but not lonely
how to be alone, but not lonely you may ask? Well, I have the answers to your question. Our society teaches us that being alone is equivalent to being lonely- but that's just not the case. I would say that mastering the art of being alone and happy in your own company is one of t ... Show More
44m 48s