Before getting into why I’m single, I talk about the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and why it feels like our country is at a frightening breaking point. Then I pivot into my own life, relationships, and why being single makes sense for me.

I’m talking about why reading is still my favorite form of media and why nothing else compares. I share some of the books that shaped me and explain why reading slows me down, deepens empathy, and gives me something no other medium can.

Books I mention in this episode

• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

• The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb

• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

I’m talking about why I don’t do New Year’s resolutions and why I think real growth doesn’t come from arbitrary dates or yearly resets.

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It’s my birthday and I don’t care. I’m talking about why birthdays, holidays, and weekends don’t align with me and why I’d rather live a life that doesn’t need an annual ovation.

This episode is a stream of consciousness about parenthood—the mental load, managing a child’s emotions while juggling your own, and how everything else in life gets pushed to the back burner.

Random thoughts, part three. I’m talking through my Christmas brunch menu, holiday planning, and whatever else my brain decided to spiral into.

Random thoughts, part two. I’m talking about Netflix’s Beast in Me and diving into Wally Lamb’s new novel The River Is Waiting—what stuck with me, what didn’t, and why both had me thinking.

I break down a New York Magazine article on holiday gift pressure, then get nostalgic about what made Christmas magical in my childhood and how I want to create that feeling for Sky.

Shoutout to the Hanukkah and Kwanzaa gerls, you deserve your own shine. Christmas is doing too much, so hear me out… let’s move the holidays.