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

Amy Gahran and Laura Grant join the host for the Solo Book Club and discuss 'Sad Love' by Kerry Jenkins. Topics include pursuing meaning in love relationships, pathologizing sadness and social media's role, challenges of being polyamorous, embracing discomfort for personal growth, and finding meaning through helping others.

Peter McGraw engages in a thought-provoking game of 'truth or truth' with return guest Iris Schneider. They discuss redefining adulthood and self-care, anxiety and the space-time continuum, self-discovery and becoming the person you want to be. They also explore the power of discontinuity in friendships, challenges of acceptance in aging, and obsessions with whale communication.

Dr. McGraw and Ariana Dunne discuss the joys of solo living, including solo travel and entrepreneurship. They explore the evolution of marriage, the options for creating unconventional families, and the different ways of being single. The episode ends with a call to embrace the solo life and join the supportive solo community.

Peter McGraw talks to Sreemoyee Piu Kundu, author and advocate, and Dr. Ketaki Chowkhani, a social scientist, about the plight and resilience of single women in India. Good listeners, make sure you check out Sree's book: Single Status: The Truth about Single Women in India. Sign up for the Solo community at: https://petermcgraw.org/solo/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Kym Terribile returns to the Solo Studio to talk to Peter McGraw about the writing process for his forthcoming book, Solo-Breaking the Rules in a World Built for Two.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/Join the Solo community today:petermcgraw.orgPeter McGraw TwitterPeter McGraw LinkedIn

Peter McGraw welcomes Clover Sharpe and Paul Shirley into the Solo Studio to discuss the intriguing concept of the "Five Wells" of Leadership, introduced by the scholar and former President of Morehouse College, Robert M. Franklin Jr. Dr. Franklin's "Five Wells" illuminate the attributes of an ideal graduate, a polymath: Well-Read, Well-Spoken, Well-Dressed, Well-Traveled, and Well-Balanced. If you want to talk about this episode with other proud Solos, please sign up for the Solo community at: https://petermcgraw.org/solo/ Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Jessalyn Dean discusses relationship design and the importance of conversations about different types of relationships. They explore relationship anarchy, challenging hierarchy, and the need for honest, open-minded conversations. The speakers also discuss the role of communication in relationships, finding alternatives to traditional norms, and the significance of sexting in modern dating.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT and Bard, have burst on the scenes. Peter McGraw brings Jamie Indigo and Rick Ramos (a member of the Solo community; petermcgraw.org/solo to sign up) into the Solo Studio to talk about the AI revolution.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Stephanie McHugh a Denver-based comedian, returns as a guest co-host to join Peter McGraw in conversation with her friend James Warner. James is a remarkable Solo who, for his 40th birthday, participated in a stand-up comedy and bodybuilding competition in the same year.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw speaks to Diana Adams, the founder of the Chosen Family Law Center, Inc. and boutique LGBTQ family law and mediation firm Diana Adams Law & Mediation, PLLC. Both organizations serve primarily same-sex couples and non-nuclear families. Diana’s incredible TED talk "Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family" serves as the basis for the conversation. They suggest that, although the nuclear family model may no longer be the norm in the US. It's still the basis for social and economic benefits like health care, tax breaks, and citizenship. Diana contends that all families, regardless of biological relationship or legal marriage, are deserving of equal legal rights and recognition. Peter and Diana have a wide-ranging conversation that includes how Solos are affected by these laws – and present a call to action for aging Solos. Tune in to the “Solo Book Club: Minimizing Marriage” podcast here: https://petermcgraw.org/solo-book-club-minimizing-marriage/Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/