Writer Sarah Hepola returns to the podcast to talk about her long-awaited new book, The Only Thing There Is To Want, and the hard truths at the heart of it: what it actually feels like to want the traditional life, the marriage and the kids, and to wonder if you waited too long. Sarah spent eight years writing a memoir about three loves — the man she thought she’d marry, the married man she couldn’t let go of, and the man 14 years younger she fell for at 44. She and Bridget discuss and what they taught her about dating in your 40s, the window to have children, and the grief nobody prepares single women for. They cover the shadow side of the feminist and sexual revolutions, regret and abortion, getting sober, and how our hyper-personalized, siloed culture has everyone taking everything personally. Plus: lunch in the Ozempic era, being the “other woman,” and why they'll both go down fighting for the culture. Buy Sarah's book HERE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGMQ7V4R?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback #SarahHepola #Memoir #WalkInsWelcome Topics covered: dating in your 40s, missing the window to have kids, regret and motherhood, the shadow side of the feminist and sexual revolutions, sobriety and recovery, abortion regret, diet culture and Ozempic, being the other woman, women and alcohol, writing a memoir 🎙️ New episodes every week. Subscribe for more deep-dive interviews. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor Links: - Quest offers 100+ lab tests to empower you to have more control over your health journey. Choose from a variety of test types that best suit your needs, use code WALKINS25 to get 25% off - https://www.questhealth.com - If you love Walk-Ins Welcome become a supporter at https://phetasy.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy - Podcast Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there’s no greater mistake than hiding from it all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PHETASY IS a movement disguised as a company. We just want to make you laugh while the world burns. https://www.phetasy.com/ Buy PHETASY MERCH here: https://www.bridgetphetasy.com/ For more content, including the unedited version of Dumpster Fire, BTS content, writing, photos, livestreams and a kick-ass community, subscribe at https://phetasy.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bridgetphetasy/ Podcast - Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/walk-ins-welcome/id1437447846 https://open.spotify.com/show/7jbRU0qOjbxZJf9d49AHEh https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I3gqggwe23u6mnsdgqynu447wva Support the show
