{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/91654f1b-3e5c-4ff1-a30a-53835349f6e8/6277e69f46344800123908c8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 152: Francesca Specter on enjoying time alone","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e773106c05e78d1f40944/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Francesca Specter is a journalist and author of <a href=\"https://g.co/kgs/ZWsRLb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">'Alonement: How to be Alone and Absolutely Own it'</a>. She came up with the concept of alonement, which essentially means spending time alone and actually enjoying it - which is a something a lot of us find difficult! In this episode, Francesca discusses how she deals with loneliness, how she's come to enjoy time alone, and whether the nerves of eating out alone ever *really* go away.</p><p><br></p><p>Francesca Specter: chezspecter</p><p><a href=\"https://g.co/kgs/ZWsRLb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alonement: How to be Alone and Absolutely Own it</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.alonement.com/podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alonement podcast</a></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast host: molly.raycraft</p>","author_name":"BALANCE"}