{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/621f6eb80580d000127b935c/6254006f5777950013f204f7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nicola Slawson on being single but wanting children","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621f6eb80580d000127b935c/1647335484229-9cf98c7de64a3b1bd43a103d86b0e74f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nicola is a journalist, writer and public speaker. She’s worked in news at the Guardian and at Huffpost. While at HuffPost, Nicola wrote a personal essay about being the only single one in her friendship group and it went viral. Nicola then went on to create of my favourite newsletters,&nbsp;The Single Supplement, which is about the highs and lows of single life. </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Nicola shares her experience of being single and wanting to be a mother.  </p><p><br></p><p>Nicola's newsletter, The Single Supplement: https://thesinglesupplement.substack.com/</p><p>Nicola's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicola_slawson/?hl=en</p><p>Unattached:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unattached-Essays-Singlehood-Angelica-Malin/dp/1529110394/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unattached-Essays-Singlehood-Angelica-Malin/dp/1529110394/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a></p><p>Stork and I:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://thestorkandi.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://thestorkandi.com/</a></p><p>Gateway Women:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://gateway-women.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://gateway-women.com/</a></p><p>Ambiguous&nbsp;Grief:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/06/how-be-okay-being-single/590854/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/06/how-be-okay-being-single/590854/</a></p><p>Social Infertility and mother's day:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://inews.co.uk/opinion/single-women-motherhood-mothers-day-social-infertility-410352\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://inews.co.uk/opinion/single-women-motherhood-mothers-day-social-infertility-410352</a></p><p>Nicola's Facebook group:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesinglesupplement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesinglesupplement</a></p><p>Facebook group for people who are solo mums or considering it:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/190410894999092\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/190410894999092</a></p><p><br></p><p>Buy Tiffany Philippou's book, Totally Fine (and other lies I've told myself)&nbsp;</p><p>Amazon anywhere in the world:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://buff.ly/3FpHKZa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://buff.ly/3FpHKZa</a></p><p>Other retailers in the UK: <a href=\"https://www.tiffanyphilippou.com/book\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiffanyphilippou.com/book</a></p>","author_name":"Tiffany Philippou"}