Well Enough Alone - A Guide To Thriving Solo

Well Enough Alone is a celebration of solo living that tears up the “sad and lonely” single script and embraces a path that can be joyful and fulfilling. Because there is more to life than “partnered and happy” or “single and searching.” There is solo and thriving. Hosted by best-selling author and award-winning journalist, Jill Stark, this podcast is for anyone who’s ever been told that being single makes you incomplete. Or that life only begins when you find “the one”. To leave “well enough alone” means to stop trying to change something that’s already good enough. What if the one you’ve been looking for is you? Could embracing your single status rather than fearing it be the key to a happy life? Jill talks to inspiring guests, some who are single and some who aren’t, about what they’ve learned from time spent in their own company, and interviews experts in psychology, human behaviour, business, health and wellbeing, abou

Well Enough Alone - A Guide To Thriving Solo is a society podcast hosted by Spare Room, with 28 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #14

  SEASON FINALE: Heidi Clements: Single after 60 – the freedom, self-love and empowerment of age

  May 4, 202542 minS2

  <p> If you want to know how to be happy alone and show up proudly and unapologetically as your authentic self, you need to listen to this episode.</p><p> </p><p>This is our season finale and what a way to close out season two! (Thank you all for listening!)</p><p> </p><p>Jill speaks with the incredible Heidi Clements, a social media sensation who has inspired women all over the world with her empowering outlook on ageing, self-acceptance and how to thrive as a single, child-free woman in her 60s.</p><p> </p><p>Heidi is a scre...

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  Episode #13

  Paul Dolan: Can you be truly happy alone? (Spoiler: single, child-free women are the happiest)

  Apr 27, 202540 minS1

  <p>What do we actually need to live a happy life? Are marriage and children the pathway to fulfilment, or do they actually make you less happy?</p><p> </p><p>This week, Jill talks to someone who has studied these questions in depth and come up with some illuminating answers that not everyone wants to hear.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Paul Dolan is one of the world’s leading experts on happiness, a professor of behavioural science from the London School of Economics, the author of several books on happiness, and host of the podcast, Get Happier, among othe...

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  Episode #12

  Michelle McQuaid: the cost of being a ‘good girl’ – finding freedom from people-pleasing

  Apr 20, 202552 minS2

  <p>How do we let go of perfectionism and people-pleasing and learn to put our own needs first?</p><p> </p><p>This week, Jill speaks with Dr Michelle McQuaid, an internationally recognised positive psychology expert, about how more women are breaking free from damaging people-pleasing patterns and living as their authentic selves.</p><p> </p><p>Michelle is the author of six best-selling books, and an honorary fellow at Melbourne University’s Centre for Wellbeing Science.</p><p> </p><p>Her life and work explore the intersection of mental health, identity, and the societal norms that quietly erode our sense...

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  Episode #11

  Therese Shechter: ‘My so-called selfish life’ – how the child-free movement is reshaping the world

  Apr 13, 202544 minS2

  <p>To have kids or not have kids? In a world where marriage and parenthood are still seen as the expected life path, what does it mean to defy convention and choose a different way?</p><p> </p><p>This week, Jill talks to award-winning documentary filmmaker Therese Shechter about her revolutionary film, My So-Called Selfish Life and the unstoppable rise of the child-free movement.</p><p> </p><p>In a world where reproductive rights are under attack, Therese explores how the freedom to choose whether or not to become a mother has never been more urgent.</p><p> </p><p>S...

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  Episode #10

  Cindy Gallop: I’m unmarried, no kids, dating younger men casually for sex, and I’m blissfully ecstatic.

  Apr 6, 202538 minS2

  <p>This week’s guest is the very definition of thriving solo. Cindy Gallop is a trailblazer for single, child-free living. She’s torn up the rule book, rejected outdated societal expectations, and actively celebrates her solo life.</p><p> </p><p>She’s also someone who is open about the fun she’s having as an older woman dating younger men casually for sex – a trend she says is the relationship model of the future.</p><p> </p><p>In this episode, she talks to Jill about why she loves being unmarried and child-free and the liberation she finds in her own c...

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