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

To understand single living, you need to understand non-single-living – especially the 800-pound gorilla of relationships: marriage. In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Eli Finkel about contemporary marriages, which are focused on self-growth and self-expressiveness. Eli shares insights from his book The All-Or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw talks about how remarkable singles have a team -- an interconnected group of friends, family, acquaintances, and professionals. But this takes work. He invites a member of the Solo community, Monique Murad, to discuss the value of community and how to cultivate it.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

As the year ends, remarkable singles around the world are considering how to make their lives even more remarkable. To help with that endeavor, Peter McGraw speaks to Richard Meadows, a finance writer and the author of Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World. They have a far-ranging conversation about Optionality (“the right but not obligation to take action") – something that singles have more of than non-singles.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw hosts a “Truth or Truth” conversation with Suzette Smith, where they ask each other questions about being single and living a remarkable life as a Solo.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

One hundred and fifty episodes and nearly three years into the Solo podcast, Peter McGraw invites Kym Terribile and Julie Nirvelli back into the Solo Studio to talk about the podcast's progress.They discuss Peter's successes and weaknesses, as they look backward, forward, and inward regarding the podcast and the solo movement more generally. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute and author of 'The Little Book of Hygge – Danish Secrets to Happy Living', discusses the concept of Hygge and how to create cozy moments. Topics include the Swedish theory of love, the benefits of exercise and social activities, the power of candles in creating a cozy atmosphere, engaging in game nights and overcoming phone distractions, being present and connecting with others, and Huga beyond the home.

In his second installment of a series on homebodies, Peter McGraw talks to Gretchen Rubin - the magpie of happiness - about creating a better home base. They discuss her book Happier at Home, and she dishes out some helpful, non-intuitive ideas about creating a more welcoming home for yourself and others. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

In this episode, Peter McGraw speaks to Donald Lichtenstein who is thriving personally and professionally. Peter likes to say that singles can sleep in when they want to, but Donnie does the opposite. He gets up absurdly early—because that is what is best for him. It’s a thoughtful conversation in which they discuss how Donnie likes routine, loves dogs and dislikes travel. As a proud homebody, Donnie inspired Peter to prepare a short series on homebodies, and this serves as the first episode. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

Peter McGraw welcomes Kris Marsh, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, to discuss being single during the holidays – specifically Thanksgiving and Christmas.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/

The world often treats single living as liminal and less than, but not the hit television show Sex and the City. In this episode of Solo, Peter McGraw invites Mary Dahm into the Solo Studio to discuss the cultural implications of this critically-acclaimed show. They discuss Sex and the City’s importance in creating an alternative narrative about single living and female sexual positivity. Bonus material is back, which you can access by signing up at PeterMcGraw.org/solo. Mary and Peter discuss how New York City is an ideal setting for a show like Sex and the City which features four single women.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.petermcgraw.org/solo/