Can You Be Happy Single? What the Research Really Says, with Prof Elyakim Kislev

Can You Be Happy Single? What the Research Really Says, with Prof Elyakim Kislev

June 15, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 273

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Professor Elyakim Kislev discusses the research on happiness and singlehood.

Send us Fan Mail Can you be genuinely happy and, even thrive, as a single person? In this episode, Professor Elyakim Kislev, author of Happy Singlehood: The Rising Acceptance and Celebration of Solo Living, discusses the growing global trend toward singlehood and what the research says about happiness, loneliness, marriage, and solo living. We explore the difference between being alone and being lonely, why some people enter relationships out of fear of loneliness, and most ...

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Books & works: Happy Singlehood: The Rising Acceptance and Celebration of Solo Living

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