Episode Details

The One Where I Talk To Writer & Researcher, Eli Davies

Season 1 Episode 130 Published 1 year, 9 months ago

My guest on this week’s episode is the brilliant Eli Davies, a writer and researcher who is both single and childfree.

Topics that we cover are:

how the break up of Eli’s long term relationship led to her becoming fascinated with the significance of home;
the aftermath of the breakup and what that looked like for Eli at the age of 37;
her move from London to Belfast for her PhD;
her fabulous 40th birthday celebrations;
her intense and lonely experience of being alone in lockdown in Belfast;
how the achievements of singles can be overshadowed by others getting married or having babies;
the importance of elevating other kinds of relationships;
how Eli feels about being single these days;
how she craves a community of friends who live close by;
how being single means you can sometimes be excluded from things;
why she doesn’t like the word ‘single’;
how Eli would rather meet someone in the real world than on an app;
why she never wants to live with a partner again;
how Eli has always been a bit unconventional;
engagements, weddings, and social media;
why solo travel is one of the greatest gifts Eli has ever given herself;
the ‘moment’ in Vietnam when she realised she loved travelling alone;
Eli’s upcoming book;
why being single isn’t an absence.

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@elidaviesss

Follow Eli on X:
@eldavldn

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And thank you so much for listening!