This week’s guest is author and journalist Angelica Malin, who recently published Unattached: Empowering Essays on Singlehood, a curated anthology of 30 writers (including me!) exploring the experience of being single, which was published by Square Peg earlier this year. Angelica, or Jelly as I know her, just so happens to be one of my closest friends. During our conversation, we discuss how our close friendship (and having other ‘single’ friends) is one of the most important factors in navigating a happy, ‘unattached’ lifestyle – from being each other’s plus-ones at parties to empowering one another to take solo trips to Santorini (you’re going to love Angelica’s account of hers). Angelica also shares how the breakdown of a five-year-long relationship at the beginning of the pandemic led to her creating a community of single women through her work, after deciding she – and others – shouldn’t have to navigate this lifestyle in isolation. This is an intimate conversation between close friends, and I'm so happy that, through the beauty of podcasting, you can be part of it.
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Max Dickins: On Male Friendship & Overcoming Weekend Loneliness
Anita Bhagwandas: Finding a Social Balance When You Live Alone
Jessica Pan: The Introvert's Guide to Socialising
Poppy Jay: From Arranged Marriage to Falling in Love with Singlehood
Thomas Curran: The Dark Side of Perfectionism
Vex King: How To Practise Self-Love Through Your Actions
Ruby Warrington: My Marriage Wouldn't Work With Children
Donna Lancaster: Alone Is Where I Meet Myself
Naoise Dolan: Autism, (Un)happy Couples & The Joy Of Being A Foreigner
Caggie Dunlop: Overcoming Anxious Attachment In A Relationship
Adam Gopnik: Solitude And The City, Edward Hopper & The Joy Of Being Alone In A Crowd
Dr Nicole Lepera: How A Fear of Being Alone Feels In Your Body
Amy Key: Single For 22 Years – A Life Story Told Through Joni Mitchell Songs
Susan Cain: The 'Quiet' Author On Free Falling Through Her Early 30s, Plus Why She Married An Extrovert
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