Life Without Bookends

The Gift of Winter and Holiday Lunacy The holiday season is already showing up in our conversations, along with autopilot social customs that have no awareness of who is on the other side. If you’re grieving, struggling, or simply don’t celebrate, being asked “What are you doing for the holidays?” can land hard. In this episode, Raven invites you to pause, notice what you actually want, and protect it. And to consider taking the always-asked questions off of autopilot. In this episode: - Why

What happens when the script you’ve been following (meet, date, move in, marry, etc.) stops feeling like yours? I talked with Craig Wynne, author of "How to Be a Happy Bachelor," about how he came to a happily single life, the stereotypes single people face, and why friendship matters so much. In this episode: * Stepping off the “relationship escalator” and why single life deserves the same respect as marriage * How stereotypes land differently on single men and single women * Why friendship

Being Single in a Couple's World A conversation with Kathy Wasserlein. Being truly content as a single woman shouldn't seem like a big deal, but it does seem to be. Not because it's inherently a problem, but due to the social constructs within which being married, or partnered, is seen as a pinnacle of life success. And preferred. Kathy's spirit and clarity are infectious. Questions posed and answered, by both of us: - How long did it take to settle into your life as a single woman, not as

Ditching the Weekend Script. This episode is about weekends and our orientation around them…when married, when divorced. Finding your own rhythm.

Ditching the Weekend Script: On the Unspoken Divide Between Couples and Everyone Else This episode is about weekends and our orientation around them. And, what happens when you stop trying to outrun the discomfort of 'nothing to do' and no one to play with. If you're not part of a couple or family ... anymore... you can find yourself feeling lost, like you're floating in a sea of dread without anything or anyone to anchor you. In this episode: * Why weekends can feel heavier than weekdays wh

Breaking from the Tribe - Losing the Roles and Finding Yourself with Gladys Morales. After cancer and significant vision loss, and a life that refused to follow the expected script, Gladys discovered that resilience is not about returning to who you were. It's about it's about discovering who you can become. In this Episode: - The questions her break from cultural traditions gave rise to: Who am I, who am I really? - What it has meant to root herself into her real essence, not the person tha