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IN CONVERSATION: Dolly Alderton

Sep 18, 2023

Dolly Alderton, one of the UK's most prominent authors, returns to Shameless In Conversation to share her life updates and tackle listener dilemmas. The episode covers love languages, facing challenges, the value of venting, measuring success in the book industry, and book recommendations.

48:49

Episode guests

Dolly Alderton

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Quick takeaways

Letting go of societal expectations and timelines is crucial in finding true happiness in relationships and starting a family.

Open communication and understanding are vital in navigating complex emotions and maintaining a strong support system when supporting a friend through challenging times.

Deep dives

Navigating a new chapter: Finding love and starting a family in your 30s

The speaker shares their personal experience of taking a break from dating in their late 20s and then reentering the dating scene with the goal of finding a life partner and having children. Despite fears of being 35 and single without a baby, the speaker expresses happiness with their current situation. They emphasize the importance of letting go of societal expectations and timelines when it comes to relationships and starting a family, and instead focus on what truly makes them happy.

Introduction

4min

The guest's career, book release, and TV adaptation

14min

Expressing Love and Understanding Love Languages

4min

Facing Challenges and Rebuilding

16min

The Value of Venting and Gossiping

2min

Measuring Success: Sales, Reviews, and Creating

6min

Excitement, Gratitude, and Book Recommendations

2min

Why hello, everyone!

Today, we are joined by one of the UK’s most prominent authors, Dolly Alderton. Some of you might be thinking, but wait! You guys have already interviewed Dolly! And you’d be right. Back in 2020, in the depths of lockdown, we spoke to Dolly over Zoom about her life and career. But, given how much we adore her, and given how she was so highly requested by you guys, we thought: why not make her the first person to ever return to Shameless In Conversation? But this is an In Conversation episode with a twist: Of course, Mich asked Dolly about what life has been like in the three years since we last spoke, but given she’s the ultimate Agony Aunt (or sister), we also wanted to pick her brain on your big life dilemmas. We did a callout and asked you what you needed Dolly’s advice on, so today, we opened the Shameless Mailbag and put Dolly’s marvelous mind to work.

To pre-order Dolly’s new book, Good Material, head here.

This episode was audio produced by Annabelle Lee.

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