A Single Serving Podcast

Host's Note: This episode was recorded prior to self isolation, restricted travel, and the cancellation of essentially everything. It's important to me to publish this anyway, because while life feels completely upturned at the moment, with responsible action on our parts it will return to normal soon. And when it does, I'm going to Paris. xo

Meghan Donovan is the creative voice behind Wit & Whimsy, a must-read blog for anyone who loves accessible fashion, beauty, and in your host's case: all things Parisian travel. Meghan joins the podcast this week to discuss the joys of following your heart's desire to the places you want to be, in this case, the City of Lights. We'll talk all things Parisian exploration and share tons of travel tips for those interested in visiting either solo or with friends. We'll also get into the world of blogging and translating our voices and passions into entrepreneurial ventures.

More information on BetterHelp, the web-based therapy resource mentioned during this episode. 

Wit & Whimsy (blog)
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Paris Perfected Travel Itineraries

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Salma El-Wardany is a writer, poet, broadcaster, and your host's new BFF whether she likes it or not. An absolutely necessary voice in the single space, Salma joins the podcast this week to discuss single life put on display as entertainment for others, as well as countless realities of living life the way we do in a society that wants to make us feel wrong for doing just that. This episode is a pure treat. Anyone feeling less than whole or down about single life in any way is about to cheer right up. 

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Meg Quinn, aka @ainttoproudtomeg is a food stylist and, quite frankly, a cheese board artist. Her instagram is a thing of cheese board dreams, and even goes further than that, sharing inspirational boards that draw from every corner of your kitchen, depending on the occasion or current craving. Members of this podcast's Facebook group will know that we LIVE for a good cheese board, and we also take a great deal of joy in cheese boards we don't have to share with anyone else. Meg was kind and gracious enough to be a guest this week to share her boarding wisdom and help us all level-up our kitchen creativity.

@ainttooproudtomeg on Instagram
Meg Quinn's website (and her cheese starter kit!)

Cheese Bags
Cheese Knives

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Dr. Jenny Taitz, PsyD, is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist based in Los Angeles. She joins the podcast this week to discuss ruminating, among other common themes within the single community, as well as the benefits of connecting with a therapist. She also offers several strategies for rumination and overthinking. This is a beneficial episode for anyone considering therapy or for anyone who has struggled with ruminating as it relates to single life.

Jenny's Website
Books by Jenny:
How to Be Single and Happy: Science-Based Strategies for Keeping Your Sanity While Looking for a Soul Mate
End Emotional Eating: Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Cope with Difficult Emotions and Develop a Healthy Relationship to Food

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Lynn Ruth Miller is a standup comedian who is happily single, funny as hell, and 86 years old. This is an hour of conversation to listen to if you've ever felt uncertain or fearful about the future. Lynn Ruth shows us, as single women and as human beings, that the future never stops being bright. It is also incredibly powerful to hear from her about so many dating themes she encountered that are, perhaps unfortunately, still true today. We are not alone, we never are and we never were, and Lynn Ruth Miller is a beautiful example of how we can do whatever we want, whenever we want, for as long as we want, and that's f*cking fabulous.

Two trigger warnings for listeners: Lynn Ruth discusses both domestic violence and eating disorders in this episode.

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Freeda En video featuring Lynn Ruth

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Sara Eckel is the author of 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single which is quite frankly one of the most validating and outstanding books your host has ever read. Its author is a guest this week and we're really getting into the feelings and impacts around "reasons" that so often surface in this single life of ours. This episode is for anyone who's ever heard any "advice" they didn't need or deserve to hear about being single. So basically, all of us.

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27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single
Sara's Website
Dare Me TV Show
The Wisdom Of A Broken Heart

I Wish I Was Single In The 90s, by Shani 

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Nicola Slawson is the creator of The Single Supplement, a newsletter for singles (and whoever else wants to read it) that's focused on the full spectrum of the single experience, not just the one that pertains to dating and ending being single as if it's an inherent flaw. She's the ideal guest for this podcast and it was a pleasure to speak with her about some fo the things we encounter as single women that we really wish we didn't. Hopefully an immensely identifiable conversation for anyone who's single or remembers what it felt like.

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Nicola's Newsletter
Nicola on Twitter
35 & Single Documentary
Weekend Loneliness piece from The Guardian

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Violet Clair is the Instagram artist whose work you can't stop tagging your friends in. She is Samantha Rothenburg, a Brooklyn-based illustrator and comic artist making major strides in calling out dating culture on its nonsense. Her Instagram comics are hysterical, direct, and real. Where Tinder nightmares simply highlight and give space to the horrible behaviors that exist in the dating space, Samantha’s comics are challenging us to stop accepting them. She’s making the world a better place to date and your host really admires her for it.

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Violet Clair on Instagram
Samantha's Website
Samantha's Exhibition: February 11-17 at 2 Rivington Street in New York City.
Florence Given's French Bops on Spotify
Tyler Haney on Instagram

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Rachel Wilkerson Miller is a writer and editor who wrote something for the New York Times that made your host cheer at her screen. "How To Say No During Wedding Season" (linked below) is an anthem for anyone who simply can't with these wedding costs anymore. We get into that and a LOT more in this episode, including self care and 90s tech nostalgia. Rachel's wisdom is incredibly comforting, inspiring, and thankfully coming out in her second book this spring.

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Just Good Shit (Rachel's website)
Dot Journaling
The Art Of Showing Up (pre-order)
How To Say No During Wedding Season

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Dr. Jordana Jacobs is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in love and death. Yep, let's do this. There is a lot of freedom, joy, and inspiration in life that we can potentially overlook when we're consumed by the idea of singleness or the pursuit of partnership, or when we're holding onto something we shouldn't be holding onto because we have to make it "work." This is a conversation for anyone who feels extremely stuck, frustrated, or unclear, and is easily one of the most enjoyable chats your host has ever had. Basically, if you want to feel better about life within the span of an hour, press play. 

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Jordana's Website
The Missing Piece Meets The Big O
The Art Of Loving
Esalen in Big Sur
Summit Series

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