Love Letters with Meredith Goldstein
Directionally Challenged
Kayla Ewell
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Kayla is joined by writer, author, and professional advice giver, Meredith Goldstein to talk about love, success, and family. They discuss Meredith's advice column and podcast, "Love Letters," how her Meredith's mother influenced how she gives advice, and what's it like being the internet's BFF.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's Kayla. I'm so happy you're able to join us today because we are all still |
| 0:14.3 | so directionally challenged. We thought we'd have it all figured out by the time we were |
| 0:18.7 | in our 30s. But surprise, we don't. And that's okay. Have you ever wanted to write a love letter? |
| 0:26.0 | And when I just ask you that, who popped into your mind writing a letter, especially a love |
| 0:31.3 | letter, isn't a common occurrence these days? Or is it? According to today's guest, it is. In fact, |
| 0:37.2 | it's what she's based her entire life on. Meredith Goldstein is a long time advice columnist |
| 0:43.2 | at the Boston Globe. Her advice column, Love Letters, is a daily dispatch of wisdom for the |
| 0:48.2 | love-lorn that has been running for more than a decade. Meredith lives in Boston with a Batman |
| 0:53.5 | doll and a cotton candy machine. She loves tips on all things relationships and entertainment. |
| 0:58.9 | Her memoir can't help myself. Lessons and Confessions from a modern advice columnist is out now. |
| 1:05.8 | And I could not recommend it more. Without further ado, here is my lovely conversation with Meredith Goldstein. |
| 1:15.2 | And I am here with Meredith Goldstein Meredith. I am a huge fan of your memoir. Love Letters, |
| 1:21.8 | what a beautiful memoir it is. And what a way to live. I mean, being there helping others through |
| 1:26.4 | some of the toughest times in their lives, we have so much to discuss that I want to start at the |
| 1:31.1 | beginning. Talk to us about how your column love letters came about, the breakup, that drove you |
| 1:38.3 | to start love letters that really just began as a local initiative that really just began as a local |
| 1:45.3 | advice column, basically group therapy with a comments section. And then it really took on a |
| 1:51.0 | life of its own and became a family, a community, really your family. So this was, you know, of course, |
| 1:59.2 | it would happen to be that I would be dumped right as I'm starting an advice column. |
| 2:05.5 | This is what happens, right? So I was the kind of person who thought, you know, I was really put |
| 2:11.1 | together. I hadn't prioritized romantic relationships a ton, but I, you know, it was just right at that |
| 2:18.5 | point that I was feeling confident about everything. I get dumped. And then I have to start giving |
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