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The Unspeakable PodcastIs Your Media Consumption Making You Sick? Ruby Warrington’s “content diet” for better livingAs you make your new year’s resolutions or plan for Dry January, returning guest Ruby Warrington has another idea for better living in 2025: go on a “content diet.” In this conversation, Ruby describes the overwhelming nature of content consumption and its impact on mental health and wellbeing. She draws parallels between the “sober curious” movement, which she spearheaded, and the need for conscious content consumption, emphasizing the importance of awareness in our media engagement. We also talk about the pressures of content creation, the role of intimacy in communication, the rise of AI-generated content in the digital landscape, and the im...2024-12-3010 min
The Books That Made MeThe Books That Made Ruby WarringtonIn the final episode of 'The Books That Made Me' series one, Ben Keene (Co-founder of Rebel Book Club) talks to Ruby Warrington about the nonfiction books that have had a massive impact on her to date and how they have shaped her life leading up to her most recent nonfiction title, Women Without Kids.
Ruby also shares her personal wisdom on the decision so many people grapple with, whether or not to have children. And, the fascinating insights from her cultural and historical research for 'Women Without Kids', that has sparked a much-needed global conversation...
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The Unspeakable PodcastDon’t Have Children If You Don’t Want Them! Ruby Warrington on Women Without KidsRuby Warrington has staked out ground in a number of areas. She is the founder of the self-publishing platform The Numinous and also a leading figure in the “sober curious” movement; she coined the term and is also the author of the 2018 book of the same name. She visited The Unspeakable to talk about a subject very close to Meghan’s heart; the decision not to have kids. In her new book Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood, Ruby examines the rise in women (and men) who are childless--either by choice or circumstance--and reports on the “g...2023-03-271h 11
Women Without KidsA (Happy) Family-Free Holiday Special with Meghan DaumAuthor, podcaster, and childfree OG Meghan Daum on finding meaning and fulfillment when biological family is not the center of your life. In the episode we discuss:Why we are so sentimental about family - and why it’s so hard to remove our rose-tinted spectacles when it comes to the subject of family life -The historical risk to life of both “going to war” (for men) and “childbirth” (for women) - and how these experiences are romanticized -The loneliness and the gifts of being an outlier, and making life choices that diverge from the “no...2022-12-181h 08
Women Without KidsA Legacy for Womankind Beyond Motherhood with Jeanne SaferPsychotherapist Jeanne Safer, author of the 1996 book Beyond Motherhood on why not all women are destined to become mothers—and that's okay. In the episode we discuss: -Anticipating—and fearing—our parents’ responses to us writing on this subject-The value in accepting the cold, hard facts, for healing family dysfunction-Why being a “woman without kids” is still seen as so taboo – and the internal questions that can arise as a result-The liberation that results from staying true to what is right for you-How attitudes have changed in the...2022-09-251h 03