The fourth episode of Life, Oh Life, a new podcast about life advice, with former HuffPost UK and Press Association journalist Becky Barnes. This week’s guest is journalist and author Francesca Specter. In 2019, Francesca coined her own term for meaningful time spent alone – Alonement, and has since created a brilliant podcast and book of the same name. Her podcast guests, who talk about finding joy and value in solitude, have included Alain de Botton and Vick Hope.

Her book Alonement: How To Be Alone And Absolutely Own It, was published in March 2021.

In this episode we talk about New Year's resolutions and spending quality time alone. Francesca also talks us through how to face the fear of doing something on your own, which is also covered in her amazing book.

We also discuss nightmare experiences when dining alone and what needs to change, how Alonement is not just for single people, living alone, and navigating the dating apps.

Life, Oh Life is a podcast about life advice, so Francesca shares with us the best advice she’s been given, the advice she’d give her former self and the advice she wants to pass on to others.

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BECKY BARNES

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FRANCESCA SPECTER

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