Adulting

Hello and welcome to Adulting, and the sixth episode of Let’s Talk About… a broadening of Adulting... where that was about all of the things we never got taught in school, this is almost like seminars on life; where my audience (that's you!), get to chat anonymously about things they couldn't necessarily discuss over lunch with their friends, or feel like they don't have anyone to talk to about whatever it may be.  To get involved, follow me on Instagram @oenone, where every Tuesday we vote on a topic and every Wednesday we dig deep. Let’s Talk About… Dating. The submission read: What’s going on in the collective psyche of single ppl, why dating is so hard atm? Wow, firstly I have never had SO many dms on any subject. Where to start… well I guess the first thing to say is 99.9% of the messages were from women, and women are my main demographic, but also all of the submissions were about heterosexual relationships… more than happy to talk about queer love in another episode, it just didn’t come up this time. I had so much to say on this topic, I hope you enjoy :) as always, please do rate, review and subscribe!

 Hello and welcome to Adulting, and the fifth episode of Let’s Talk About… a broadening of Adulting... where that was about all of the things we never got taught in school, this is almost like seminars on life; where my audience (that's you!), get to chat anonymously about things they couldn't necessarily discuss over lunch with their friends, or feel like they don't have anyone to talk to about whatever it may be.  To get involved, follow me on Instagram @oenone, where every Tuesday we vote on a topic and every Wednesday we dig deep. Let’s Talk About… far right attacks. The submission read: Far Right Attacks, where do we go from here? I am recording this on Thursday afternoon the day after lots of racist, Islamophobic, fascist riots were planned, but in a bittersweet turn of events we saw anti-fascist and anti-racist counter protestors turn up in their thousands and basically block the areas that were said to be targeted. It made me feel very proud of our city and Bristol and Brighton, Newcastle, Nottingham and all of the other places that showed solidarity, however perhaps we, as that silent majority, need to be less silent, show up more, and do more in general to make sure everyone in the UK feels safe and welcome.Again, I wanted to put a trigger warning here to say that there will be messages about racism and the ongoing rise in fascism and if that is too upsetting or distressing then please do switch off now.As we know three little girls Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were murdered at a Taylor Swift themed party, and fuelled by disinformation about the murderer, this horrific tragedy was seized upon by the racists and fascists to bring violence and rioting to Southport, targeting mosques and minority groups, this has now spiralled into fear for so many with the rise of far right and islamophic propaganda spreading like wildfire especially on social media. For this conversation we focussed on the feeling and general environment in the wake of these events as well as talking about where it has come from and what we can do. This is an extremely sensitive subject but I do believe it’s important we talk about it.

Hello and welcome to Adulting, and the fourth episode of Let’s Talk About… a broadening of Adulting... where that was about all of the things we never got taught in school, this is almost like seminars on life; where my audience (that's you!), get to chat anonymously about things they couldn't necessarily discuss over lunch with their friends, or feel like they don't have anyone to talk to about whatever it may be.  To get involved, follow me on Instagram @oenone, where every Tuesday we vote on a topic and every Wednesday we dig deep. Let’s Talk About… social media addiction. The submission read: Social media addiction. I def have it and hate this habit now that I’m a mom, SOS how to deal? Podcast episode mentioned: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000657387961Please do rate, review and subscribe, it helps others to find the podcast O x

Hello and welcome to Adulting, and the third episode of Let’s Talk About… a broadening of Adulting... where that was about all of the things we never got taught in school, this is almost like seminars on life; where my audience (that's you!), get to chat anonymously about things they couldn't necessarily discuss over lunch with their friends, or feel like they don't have anyone to talk to about whatever it may be.  To get involved, follow me on Instagram @oenone, where every Tuesday we vote on a topic, and every Wednesday we dig deep. Let’s Talk About…parent mortality. The submission read: parents mortality… my dad is terminally unwell and I am only 28. Before we begin I just wanted to give you a trigger/content warning. I received so many messages about parental loss, grief, being a carer, dealing with terminal illness, and so if any of those subjects are too close to home or may be too upsetting this episode might not be for you. Although despite the very difficult subject matter, so many of you expressed how much of a relief it is to actually talk about grief and loss in a culture that has a strange and fractured relationship with death. So many of us don’t really know what to say or how to talk about it, which is why I was so grateful that so many of you were so generous with your own experiences.Please do let me know any feedback and always, I'd love for you to rate, review & subscribe, it helps people to find the podcast,O

Welcome back for the second episode of Let’s Talk About, a conversation between me and you, about whatever we’re dying to discuss that week.  The idea is, I guess, a broadening of Adulting... where that was about all of the things we never got taught in school, this is almost like seminars on life; where my audience (that's you!), get to chat anonymously about things they couldn't necessarily discuss over lunch with their friends, or feel like they don't have anyone to talk to about whatever it may be.  To get involved, follow me on Instagram @oenone, where every Tuesday we vote on a topic and every Wednesday we dig deep.Let’s Talk About… Skinny being back with the rise in Ozempic use, and feeling the pressure to be thinner.My Substack mentioned in the episode, https://open.substack.com/pub/oenonef/p/on-desire-beauty-and-ozempic?r=1ucxow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Hey Podulters! Welcome to Adulting 2.0: The Timelines.Demi Colleen is a content creator and writer, who was diagnosed with ADHD last year. In this episode we discuss living with ADHD, getting diagnosed, medication, and how it has affected her timeline both now and retrospectively looking back pre-diagnosis.I hope you enjoy, and as always please do rate, review and subscribe.

Hey Podulters! Welcome to Adulting 2.0: The Timelines.Caggie Dunlop is a podcaster, content creator and author. In this episode we talk about Saturn returns, the subject matter of her successful podcast and new book of the same name, feeling like your timeline is falling behind, an uneasy relationship with fame, her love affair with music, the courage to create, sobriety and so much more. Caggie's book 'Saturn Returns' is out now.I hope you enjoy, and as always please do rate, review and subscribe.

Hey Podulters! Welcome to Adulting 2.0: The Timelines.Poorna Bell is an award winning journalist, author and public speaker and specialises in women's issues, diversity, fitness and mental health.In this episode we talk dating, how timelines are nonsense, getting off the relationship escalator, feeling comfortable in your age, turning 40 and so much more.Poorna's novel 'In Case of Emergency' is out in paperback on March 30th.I hope you enjoy, and as always please do rate, review and subscribe.