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Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life

Single at Heart: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life

Based on research and personal stories, Single at Heart celebrates people who are happy and flourishing because they are single, not in spite of it.

2023

Stories

Published in
Fourth Wave

Project 2025 to Anyone Not Married with Children: Screw You

The Trump administration plans for nuclear family supremacy

3d ago

Project 2025 to Anyone Not Married with Children: Screw You

3d ago

Published in
Fourth Wave

Words and Deeds that Are Hurtful to Single People

. . . and how to be supportive instead

May 2

Words and Deeds that Are Hurtful to Single People

May 2

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Fourth Wave

Year after Year, Married People Become Less Satisfied with Life

Are they missing their single lives?

Apr 22

Year after Year, Married People Become Less Satisfied with Life

Apr 22

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Fourth Wave

Zip It, Happy Single People! You’re Annoying the Couples

The psychology behind the disparaging of single people

Apr 8

Zip It, Happy Single People! You’re Annoying the Couples

Apr 8

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MTG Tries to Shame AOC by Saying She Has Never Married or Had Kids

That’s not the insult she thinks it is

Mar 30

MTG Tries to Shame AOC by Saying She Has Never Married or Had Kids

Mar 30

Published in
Fourth Wave

Why I Will Never Say It Is OK to Be Single

Sentiments meant to be reassuring can be condescending

Mar 11

Why I Will Never Say It Is OK to Be Single

Mar 11

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Fourth Wave

Trump Comes for Single People

How Trump, Musk, and DOGE are hurting single people

Feb 27

Trump Comes for Single People

Feb 27

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Beware of the Demonization of Solitude

The pressure is on to socialize more — should you resist it?

Feb 21

Beware of the Demonization of Solitude

Feb 21

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Fourth Wave

A World Without Marriage

Want greater fairness? Valuing of more of our human bonds? Get government out of marriage

Jan 22

A World Without Marriage

Jan 22

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The Subtle Ways Single People Are Devalued Every Day of Their Lives

10 examples of the disparaging of single people by intellectuals, politicians, and everyone else

Jan 5

The Subtle Ways Single People Are Devalued Every Day of Their Lives

Jan 5

Bella DePaulo

Bella DePaulo

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“America’s foremost thinker and writer on the single experience,” according to the Atlantic. SINGLE AT HEART book is a gold medal winner. www.belladepaulo.com

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