living alone

[video available on spotify] i'm definitely in a stage of limbo in my life right now that is undeniably deeply uncomfortable. i feel like i'm growing right now, and it's one thing to be growing on a micro scale, like in one area of your life, but it's another thing to be growing ...  Show more

[video available on spotify] i was on youtube a couple weeks ago looking up modern dating advice, and a buzzword that kept coming up was detachment. at first i kind of ignored it because i was like, that's obviously toxic, just based on my vague knowledge of what it means to be d ...  Show more

you know what isn't as glamorous as it appears? moving out. i had for so long yearn for my independence and building a life and home that felt uniquely mine. except that moving came with the very harsh reality of having to confront myself in those spaces of deep deafening silence ...  Show more

For more than a decade now, NYM Editor-at-Large Stella Bugbee has lived with her parents, and raised a family in the home she grew up in. But for a long time, she kept that a secret, perhaps because it's so stigmatized in American culture. But the percentage of people living mult ...  Show more

A woman who chose to be homeless (@nikitacrump) talks about her decision to live out of her car and how she survives and thrives on a daily basis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

(Video podcast available on Spotify & YouTube) In this of Pretty Lonesome, Madeline delves into a series of personal anecdotes describing her struggles with keeping tidy, the excitement of upgrading to a new Mercedes, the apprehension of facing a fear of the dentist, and much mor ...  Show more