Nicola Slawson on being alone in Berlin

The Wintering Sessions with Katherine May:
Nicola Slawson on being alone in Berlin

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Through her newsletter The Single Supplement, Nicola Slawson has become the poster girl for a happy life lived alone. But much of her success lies in her ability to write honestly and with balance about the single life - and here she talks about a period of extreme loneliness after taking a dream job in Berlin. This is a story of finding your own path through difficult times.

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Show Notes

Journalist and writer Nicola Slawson wanted to read more stories that reflected her experience. In her 30s and single, she was sick of dating guides or stories of women desperately trying to find love. She started The Single Supplement, a newsletter for single women that didn’t patronise them or assume that their only goal in life was finding a partner.

Through her newsletter The Single Supplement, Nicola Slawson has become the poster girl for a happy life lived alone. But much of her success lies in her ability to write honestly and with balance about the single life - and here she talks about a period of extreme loneliness after taking a dream job in Berlin. This is a story of finding your own path through difficult times.

We talk about:

• Feeling lost in an unfamiliar city

• Loneliness

• Depression

• The benefits of being single

Links from this episode:

• Nicola’s Twitter

• The Single Supplement

• The Single Supplement’s Twitter

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