Alonement
Francesca Specter
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S10E6 Creating Community When You Live Alone, with Marianne Power
This week I’m chatting to journalist & bestselling author, Marianne Power. Marianne’s first book, Help Me, where she takes a deep dive into the world of self-help, was published in 25 languages…
S10E5 Solo Travel and How to Master the Art of Packing for One, with Lizzie Frainier
My guest this week Lizzie Frainier, author of Main Character: Lessons from a Real Life Rom-Com and associate travel editor at The Times. In this episode, she shares what she’s learnt from over a…
S10E4 Carving Out Space and Time for Yourself, with Penny Wincer
Penny Wincer is the author of Home Matters: How Our Homes Shape Us and We Shape Them, her second non-fiction book, and host of the podcast, Not Too Busy to Write, where she interviews writers on…
S10E3 Strengthen Your Solitude Skills, with Thuy-vy Nguyen
This week's guest, Thuy-vy Nguyen, PhD, is one of the world’s leading researchers on solitude, and an associate professor at Durham University’s dedicated research lab, Solitude Lab. Her interest is…
S10E2 How to Cook for One, with Eleanor Wilkinson
Struggle to cook for one? We've got you - our guest Eleanor Wilkinson, recipe developer and author of One Pot, One Portion, has dedicated her career to overcoming some of the most common hurdles…
S10E1 Cat Ladies of the World, Unite! With Comedian Katie Norris
Welcome to season 10 of Alonement! Katie Norris, an award-winning comedian and confirmed cat-cherlorette (OK, I came up with that) is my guest on the first episode of this season. Katie adopted her…
S9E8 Maggie Smith: Financial Independence, Relearning Vulnerability & Dating After Divorce
Maggie Smith is a poet & writer who found overnight fame when her poem, ‘Good Bones’, went viral on social media in 2016. Later on, her life was to take a further change when her husband of 19…
S9E7 Alice Vincent: A Garden of One's Own
There are certain rites of passage that take place after a major break-up. For some, it’s a hair-cut or a big solo trip, or a regrettable rebound with someone the polar opposite of your ex. My guest…
S9E6 Leslie Stephens: The Joy of Living Alone, Plus How To Design a Home for One
Leslie Stephens is the writer behind Morning Person, a top 10 Substack newsletter that chronicles her life in Portland, Oregon. In August last year, shortly after her 30th birthday, Leslie announced…
S9E5 Max Dickins: On Male Friendship & Overcoming Weekend Loneliness
Getting engaged to your partner is typically a time for celebration. But for today’s guest Max Dickins, it was …. more complicated. As he prepared to propose to his girlfriend, Naomi, he had an…
S9E4 Anita Bhagwandas: Finding a Social Balance When You Live Alone
My guest this week is Anita Bhagwandas, an award winning beauty director, and more recently the author of Ugly: Giving Us Back Our Beauty Standards, a book that examines the damaging impact of narrow…
S9E3 Jessica Pan: The Introvert's Guide to Socialising
In this episode, Jessica Pan discusses her book 'Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come' and her journey of embracing extroversion. As we discuss on the show, Jessica is almost the opposite to me…
S9E2 Poppy Jay: From Arranged Marriage to Falling in Love with Singlehood
My guest on this week’s episode is Poppy Jay, best known as the co-host of Brown Girls Do It Too, which won Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards 2020. She’s also a BAFTA-nominated…
S9E1 Thomas Curran: The Dark Side of Perfectionism
'That's the root of perfectionism: that chronic deficit thinking, the belief that we're not good enough. That we're not attractive enough, smart enough, fit enough, whatever it might be. In order to…
S8E9 Vex King: How To Practise Self-Love Through Your Actions
You can’t really love anyone until you love yourself. While we see this a lot on Instagram, it’s something that actually requires a lot of exploration – and it’s my guest this week, the bestselling…
S8E8 Ruby Warrington: My Marriage Wouldn't Work With Children
My guest this week is Women Without Kids author, Ruby Warrington. We're are at a fascinating time in history – where, both in the UK, US, and across almost every developed nation like Switzerland,…
S8E7 Donna Lancaster: Alone Is Where I Meet Myself
Donna Lancaster is a coach and therapist, best known as the co-creator of The Bridge, a retreat designed to help attendees navigate grief and loss, and the author of a book of the same name. More…
S8E6 Naoise Dolan: Autism, (Un)happy Couples & The Joy Of Being A Foreigner
This week’s guest is author Naoise Dolan. I am absolutely thrilled to have Naoise on this season – she’s widely consider of the millennial generation’s most talented writers, ever since her Sunday…
S8E5 Caggie Dunlop: Overcoming Anxious Attachment In A Relationship
My guest for this week’s episode is podcaster and author Caggie Dunlop, whom you might also recognise as a former cast member on the rather well known reality show called Made in Chelsea. Caggie has…
S8E4 Adam Gopnik: Solitude And The City, Edward Hopper & The Joy Of Being Alone In A Crowd
This week's guest is Adam Gopnik, a long-standing staff writer at the New Yorker, and the award-winning author of a frankly intimidating number of books, most recently The Real Work: On the Mystery…
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