Do you know how to enjoy your own company and be truly alone? In this episode, I chat with Rebekah Iliff about her new book "Champagne For One: A Celebration of Solitude". Rebekah is a writer, author, and entrepreneur. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Business Insider, New York Times, HuffPost Comedy, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You, and countless other publications. We talk about how you can enjoy solitude, how it positively impacts your mental health, and why you should ditch the shoulds and artificial timelines and enjoy your life today. 

“We probably spend half of our lives alone on some level but I don't think we do it very well.” - Rebekah Iliff

 “Solitude is kind of this proactive choice and a choice of self-love because we know that we need it and isolation is we’re either forced into it or we're doing it because we can't function. And so from a mental health standpoint it's always good to be checking in if we're isolating or we're choosing an act of self-love.” - Rebekah Iliff

What You Will Learn From This Episode

• Why learning how to love solitude is so important right now
• How we can let go of society's artificial timeline on things like marriage and having kids
• On losing a friend and how to handle the grief
• How to date yourself or manage Valentine’s Day if you're single or in a complicated relationship
• Isolation vs solitude - how solitude and doing things alone positively impacts our mental health
• How to have more fun today

About Rebekah Iliff:

Rebekah Iliff is a writer, author, and entrepreneur based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work has appeared in Inc., Entrepreneur, Mashable, Forbes, Business Insider, New York Times, HuffPost Comedy, Comediva, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist, Slackjaw Humor, Erma Bombeck blog, The Satirist, Little Old Lady Comedy, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You, and countless other publications. Her book, "Champagne for One: a Celebration of Solitude" (Collective Book Studio/IPG), is now on pre-order and will be released in the U.S. on February 8, 2022.

Resources:

Resources include affiliate links which support the website and podcast

• Pre-order Rebekah’s book “Champagne For One: A Celebration of Solitude”
• All About Love by bell hooks
• How the Universe Works on Amazon Prime
• Lead Me Home on Netflix

Connect with Rebekah

• rebekahiliff.com
• champagneforone.com
• Instagram

Connect with Melanie

• mentalhealthandwealth.com
• melanielockert.com
• Instagram
• Support the podcast through Ko-Fi
• Buy Melanie’s book “Dear Debt”
• Contact: [email protected]

 

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