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Solo Travel – The Solo Show on Fireside

The Solo Show on Fireside seeks to destigmatize single living and celebrate remarkable solos. This week’s Solo Show explores Solo Travel A preview of some topics related to Solo Travel: Travel vs. Tourism Culture Immersion What it’s like to travel alone To learn about Solo Travel, listen HERE. Find out

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Relationship Anarchy – The Solo Show on Fireside

The Solo Show on Fireside seeks to destigmatize single living and celebrate remarkable solos. This week’s Solo Show explores Relationship Anarchy A preview of some topics related to Relationship Anarchy: History of relationship anarchy What is the relationship escalator and how does relationship anarchy subvert it. What makes a relationship

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Five Myths of Single Living – The Solo Show on Fireside

The Solo Show on Fireside seeks to destigmatize single living and celebrate remarkable solos. The second Solo Show explores Five Myths of Single Living  A preview of some of the myths: The majority of singles want to be coupled. Singles are lonely, selfish, sex addicts. The rise of singles signals

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A Taxonomy of Singles – The Solo Show on Fireside

The Solo Show on Fireside seeks to destigmatize single living and celebrate remarkable solos. The first Solo Show features my new work-in-progress: A Taxonomy of Singles To figure out what type of single you are, consider these questions: Are you seeking to ride the Relationship Escalator? Do you see yourself

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Covid-related thoughts that might help

Here is a preview of Covid-related insights from a forthcoming episode of Solo (on 7/30). These three observations were made by friends whom I sought advice from after a covid-related meltdown I was having. 1. “The cavalry is not coming.” By now, this should be self-explanatory. There is no institution

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Join a research study on solo living

Good Solos: A solo listener (Krystal Wilkinson of Manchester Metropolitan University) is running a study on solo living during the pandemic. Here is some more information. Please consider helping her research project: An exploration of the work-life balance of solo-living employees transitioning to home working in the context of the pandemic

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Contemplating a Change? Start with a Comedian’s One Sheet

Contemplating a Change? Start with a Comedian’s One Sheet The following is adapted from Shtick to Business. The Covid-19 pandemic is getting people to consider major changes to their lives. Perhaps there’s a loss of a job, a declining industry, or you simply can’t imagine going back to an office park

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SOLO | Thuy-Vy Nguyen and Robert Coplan | Solitude
Podcast - Solo

The Psychology of Solitude

  Alone isn’t lonely. Psychologist Robert Coplan, author of The Joy of Solitude, coined aloneliness—the distress of not getting enough time to yourself. Psychologist Thuy-vy

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Podcast - I'm Not Joking

Curtain Call

  Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building

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