Paul Dolan: Can you be truly happy alone? (Spoiler: single, child-free women are the happiest)
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? This week, Jill talks to someone who has studied these ques...
27 Huhti 202540min
Michelle McQuaid: the cost of being a ‘good girl’ – finding freedom from people-pleasing
How do we let go of perfectionism and people-pleasing and learn to put our own needs first? This week, Jill speaks with Dr Michelle McQuaid, an internationally recognised positive psychology expert, a...
20 Huhti 202551min
Therese Shechter: ‘My so-called selfish life’ – how the child-free movement is reshaping the world
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? This week, Jill talks...
13 Huhti 202543min
Cindy Gallop: I’m unmarried, no kids, dating younger men casually for sex, and I’m blissfully ecstatic.
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 She’s torn up the rule book, rejected outdated societal expectations, and active...
6 Huhti 202538min
Annie Whitlocke: A death doula’s lessons on dying, aloneness and how to live well
What do death and dying have to teach us about getting comfortable with aloneness and living a good life? It’s a subject that’s often taboo and shrouded in fear and secrecy, but it’s also something no...
30 Maalis 202550min
Amy Gahran: Solo polyamory and getting off the ‘relationship escalator’
If you’ve ever been with a partner and asked, “Is this relationship going anywhere?” or been swept up in a romance without stopping to question if it’s really what you want, then you may already be fa...
23 Maalis 202544min
Rosie Batty: On hope, finding yourself amid trauma and grief, and building a life with meaning
This week’s episode is one we’re really honoured to bring to you. Our guest is someone with boundless courage and compassion, who has shared some of her most vulnerable moments with the world so that ...
16 Maalis 202550min
