Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life

Having financial freedom is important to solos given their often-single status. Amy Gibb, aka Money Amy, returns to talk about tactics to help you save money – something especially important given recent economic events.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Marcel Zeelenberg, the world's expert on regret, joins Peter McGraw to discuss what makes a choice regrettable in the context of single living. They explore the nature of regret, its short- and long-term perspectives, and the concept of optionality for singles. They also discuss the anticipation of regret, societal defaults, and the importance of personal autonomy. Additionally, they touch on the value of regrets for learning and personal growth, as well as taking risks and stepping out of comfort zones in pursuit of happiness.

More than one in four households in the US have one occupant, a number is as high as one in two in Stockholm. That’s a lot of cooking being done…alone. Hence, Peter McGraw is pleased to deliver this fun, even inspirational episode on solo cooking.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw talks to Kinneret Lahad and Iris Schneider about the substantial costs that singles pay, subsidizing and supporting couples with gifts and attendance at weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers, baptisms, and gender reveal parties. Lahad is the co-author of a paper that investigates single women as exhausted givers and careful complainers—complaining about the asymmetry that comes from what used to be a tradition: I support you when you get married, and you support me when I get married. That was fine when everyone got married, but what happens when a substantial number of people remain single, and there is no opportunity for reciprocity? Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

There are an increasing number of resources for singles--resources that do more than help you get hitched. The best books for singles take a thoughtful, researched-backed approach to understanding the complexities of single living. One of those books, The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search For Love Is Broken, was written by Aimée Lutkin. In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Aimée about relationship, loneliness, and how our search for love (or lust) is broken.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw returns to share recent thoughts on how to live a remarkable life. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Host Peter McGraw returns to the desert to update his thinking on what it means to be solo versus single.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

In the previous episode, Peter McGraw speaks to a divorce coach about the planning, execution, and aftermath of a divorce. In this episode, he speaks to Rachel Beisel about a strategy to break bad relationship habits. Rachel presents the concept of a relationship sponsor (akin to an AA sponsor) who can support you if you have difficulty with romantic relationships.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

One in three marriages in the United States end in divorce, and Peter McGraw has become the guy his friends call when they are getting divorced. In this episode, he speaks to Ruth Abraham, a Certified Professional Integrative coach, about the planning, execution, and aftermath of a divorce.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw doesn't talk much about his life as a business school professor, but in this episode, he speaks to Amanda Kramer in his role as a professor and advocate for singles. This taping is part of the Leeds Business Insights podcast at the CU Boulder Leeds School of Business. They discuss familiar topics, but most of the conversation focuses on how organizations overlook singles from marketing and talent management standpoints.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/