Last Year of Single
If this was your last year of single, what would you do? If you knew in 12 months that you would never be single again, how would you spend your time? Host Bree Steele redefines what it means to be single by making a list of all the last things she would do in her last year of true freedom, and then doing everything on that list. She also talks to experts to help fix the worst parts of being single: fear, loneliness, money, sex, and more. The podcast comes to you live from India.
Episodes
How to be happy, single & confident - how self-esteem impacts single life & building unbreakable self-worth
I used to say I loved myself. I also used to people-please, stay in situationships that made me feel worthless, and spend every night alone wondering what was wrong with me. Those two things cannot both be true. One of them was lying.If you would say you love yourself, but you keep accepting less than you deserve, chasing people who don't choose you, and feeling like being single means something i
What single men are really going through - the male loneliness epidemic & how to fix it with researcher Elaine Hoan
For the women listening: if you've spent years dating emotionally unavailable men and wondering why - this episode has the peer-reviewed answer. And it's more surprising, and more human, than you'd expect. For the single men listening: this episode was made for you. Not to lecture you. Not to make you feel worse about yourself. To actually help.University of Toronto PhD researcher Elaine Hoan join
Why you keep attracting the wrong people: love bombing, dopamine, dating apps, toxic relationship patterns and how to break them - Dr Anastasia Hronis
If you've just come out of a relationship, situationship or hookup that felt like an addiction: intense highs, crushing lows, a pattern you can't seem to escape no matter how much you want to, this episode explains exactly what was happening in your brain. And what it takes to actually stop it.Clinical psychologist Dr Anastasia Hronis joins Bree to break down the psychology and neuroscience behind
How to get over a breakup: healing your heartbreak and building a life no one can take from you - with breakup coach Dorothy Johnson
Getting over a breakup is one of the most painful things you'll go through. The standard advice: go no contact, keep busy, time heals all wounds; often isn't enough. This episode gives you what actually works.Dorothy Johnson, breakup coach and host of How to Get Over Your Ex, joins Bree to talk about how to truly heal from a breakup and build a life so full that no one - not your ex, not a situati
Fear of being single and trying new things: how to stop playing it safe and actually start your Last Year of Single List
You know exactly what you want to do with your single life. You just can't make yourself do it. Fear of being alone, of starting over after a breakup, of putting yourself out there and failing; is what keeps most single women stuck. This episode gives you the psychological tools to push through it.The Psychology Sisters join Bree to unpack the specific fears that hold single women back from actual
Single motherhood: the real challenges, choices and resilience of raising children alone (and how we can support single mothers)
Single motherhood is one of the most talked-about and least honestly depicted realities for women. Jenny Davidson tells it completely straight: the financial pressure, the stigma, the resilience, and everything in between.Jenny Davidson, CEO of the Council of Single Mothers and their Children Victoria, joins Bree to share the unfiltered reality of single motherhood today, and what it actually look
The single woman's bucket list: how to write your Last Year of Single List in 8 steps (and actually do it)
What would you do if you knew this was your last year of being single? Not rushing to find a relationship, but doing everything you've been putting off, dreaming about, or telling yourself you'll do someday. This episode shows you exactly how.Bree Steele walks you through the 8-step process for writing your own Last Year of Single List - the single woman's bucket list that is the heart of this pod
Do I want children? How to find clarity when you're single and feeling the pressure of your body clock
When you're single (after a breakup or chronically single) the question 'do you want kids?' can feel like the most urgent, loaded and impossible question you've ever been asked. This episode helps you actually answer it, honestly, for yourself.Ann Davidman, Parenthood Clarity Mentor and co-author of Motherhood — Is It For Me?, has helped hundreds of single women find genuine clarity on one of life
Single person housing: why living alone is so expensive and the co-living solutions changing single life
The housing market was built for couples, and if you're single and renting or trying to buy alone, you feel that every single month. This episode explains why it's not your fault, and what's actually changing.Alicia Denby, sociology researcher and PhD expert on singles in urban spaces, reveals the structural reasons housing is harder and more expensive for single people. Plus, co-living company Co
Sex life while single: how to feel sexually fulfilled and stop settling for losers & empty connections
Being single doesn't mean your sex life has to be a series of disappointing hookups that leave you feeling worse than before. Clinical sex therapist Laura Miano joins Bree for the honest, practical conversation about sexual fulfilment that single women are rarely given.Laura Miano is a clinical sex therapist and co-founder of POSMO, and she brings zero judgement and complete honesty to one of the
BONUS: Guided body scan meditation for burnout recovery and stress relief - with SIRPA practitioner Irralee Andrzejowska
Burnout, stress and heartbreak don't just live in your mind, they live in your body. This short guided body scan, led by SIRPA practitioner Irralee Andrzejowska, helps you check in with what your body is actually trying to tell you.You can do this body scan any time, as many times as you like. It pairs directly with Episode 6 on burnout recovery, but works as a standalone practice whenever you nee
Burnout recovery for single women: how to heal from exhaustion when you're carrying everything alone
Burnout hits differently when you're single. There's no one to pick up the slack, share the mental load, or notice before you crash. If you've come out of a breakup already running on empty, or you've been carrying too much alone for too long - this episode is what you need.Irralee Andrzejowska (SIRPA practitioner and physiotherapist) and Dr Michael Leiter (burnout researcher and author) reveal wh
Single woman finances: how to build real financial security, save money and get ahead when you're doing life alone
Being single (especially after a breakup) can make money feel terrifying. There's no safety net, no one to split the bills with, no shared savings. But being single is also one of the most powerful opportunities to build real financial independence on your own terms.Glen James (host of the Money Money Money podcast) and Brian Nathan (life and mindset coach) share the practical steps and mindset sh
How to make friends as an adult: beating loneliness and building real connections when you're single
One of the hardest and least talked-about parts of being single (especially after a breakup) is loneliness. Not missing one person. Missing a whole world of connection. This episode gives you a practical plan to fix it.Anna Goldfarb (New York Times friendship journalist) and Demi Kotsoris, founder of Millennial Crisis, share the exact strategies that work for making new friends as an adult, and wh
How to have better friendships as a single woman: why your friendships feel disappointing & how to fix them
When you're single (especially after a breakup) your friendships become everything. Your support system, your social life, your chosen family. So why do they so often fall short of what you actually need?Anna Goldfarb, friendship expert and New York Times journalist, and queer friendship researcher Tom Roach reveal why friendships get harder as we get older, and what single women can actually do a
Fear of being single: why being alone feels so scary — and how to stop letting it control your life (Dr Anna Machin, Oxford)
Whether you're newly single after a breakup and terrified of being alone or you've been single for years and still feel like something is wrong with you, this episode gives you the science behind why, and what to actually do about it.Dr Anna Machin, evolutionary anthropologist and love researcher at the University of Oxford, reveals the biological and societal reasons behind our fear of singlehood
How to enjoy being single - stop waiting for love and start living - Graham Norton's advice that changed everything
Whether you're newly single or you've been single for years; this is the episode that changes how you see everything.Host Bree Steele introduces the concept that started it all: what if you treated your single life as the most intentional, exciting chapter - not a waiting room for a relationship?After crying on the kitchen floor at 4am, losing her job, moving to Mumbai alone on gut instinct, and g
What is the Last Year of Single? The podcast for single women who are done waiting and ready to live
If you're newly single, healing from a breakup, or exhausted by the pressure to find a partner before you can start living - this is the podcast that changes everything.The Last Year of Single is the show that asks one question: if you knew in 12 months you'd never be single again, how would you spend your time?Host Bree Steele - award-winning podcaster, TEDx speaker, and Australian woman living s
