Monocycle With Leandra Medine

On this week's episode of Monocycle, Leandra talks about Endless Summer and how it can be tarnished by planning ahead. Do chronic planners wish away their ability to be present by simple virtue of their gift for planning? After flipping through the first round of September issues available, Leandra found herself suddenly excited for fall, despite the fact that it is still very much summer. And from there began the turning and turning and turning. Related Stories: Welcome to Endless Summer Month on Man Repeller Ask a French Girl in London About August Summer is a State of Mind The Only Three Hats You Need This Summer !Plus! Man Repeller’s Baseball Cap Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

In this week's episode of Monocycle, Leandra discusses body image, accepting ourselves the way we are and re-training ourselves in the way to speak about our bodies. Related Stories: MR Round Table: Plus Size Women in Fashion How to Talk Yourself Down From a Self-Esteem Spiral Women Come in All Shapes and Sizes The “Fat Talk” Diet Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

If you have ever wondered how the editorial process at Man Repeller works, this week you’re invited to learn first hand how a story is created from incipient idea to final product, a sometimes half-baked cookie, often silly, sometimes serious and always made with LOVE. Joining me in this episode of Monocycle are Haley Nahman and Amelia Diamond — junior and deputy editors respectively –to make the painting of this picture appear a bit more colorful. More questions? Comments? Ideas? Recommendations? Hit us up below. You know we’re always in there waiting 4 U. Related stories: 6 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Working 10 Women on Success As They Know It Kitchen for Dummies: 10 Things You Need in Your Pantry According to Leandra’s Mom For Men, Leg Abs Are Very Big This Summer 3 New Ways To Wear Your Button Down Shirt In partnership with Newsette Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week's episode of Monocycle is one last plea in the direction of letting loose, only this time -- to conclude the last leg of a three-part series of episodes -- Leandra simplifies the whole concept and realizes that letting loose isn't really about skipping the gym or eating an entire cake or going streaking. It's about...well, you'll see. Headphones in and enjoy. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

In this week's episode of Monocycle, Leandra touches upon many of the same points as last week's episode: letting loose. After briefly touching about her mission to get pregnant, the majority of the episode revolves around recognizing the importance of relaxing and when it's actually being achieved...learned behavior is the simple answer, while the hard part is unlearning. Anyway, let's do this together, yeah? Not become better -- I mean this podcast. WE'RE BEGGING YOU. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

In this week's episode, Leandra discusses Man Repeller's monthly theme: Let Loose and Relax. In the process of letting loose, Leandra will assign herself a Let Loose task each week and report back on it in order to track her progress. The idea marries with self compassion, and treating oneself like the advice you would give another. So go ahead and cut yourself some slack. Drop the fucking ball, you're not going to get fired. It's summer and you deserve to live it the same way your body does inside a caftan, unrestricted and free. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week's episode of Monocycle features a very special guest: Leandra's husband, Abie. The two cover a range of topics inspired by their four years of marriage, like learning how to live with a partner and the importance of forfeiting selfishness in favor of sacrifice). Abie's sleeping habits are also discussed; he cites "an inability to nap as freely" as one of the hardest parts of marriage. Free naps on us after this episode, okay? Enjoy! In partnership with Zola. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week on Monocycle, after a sharing a personal story about a failed IVF implant in the moment, Leandra reflects back one week after. She makes the point in the difference between sharing thoughts and emotions immediately and in the moment, versus after the fact, when one is able to "package" their feelings just a bit more. It makes for an interesting dichotomy, so pop your headphones in and start listening. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week's episode of Monocycle is about sharing what one is going through while going through it as opposed to the aftermath, after, as Leandra said, "the experience has been put in a box and wrapped in fancy words and called a first person essay," because this is real life, right? Between the inspiring stories of victory and triumph that emerge out of despair and the road blocks that life throws in our tracks, there is the very real question of, "But what do I do NOW?" She doesn't have a profound answer but believes that sometimes, sharing is enough. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

In this week's episode of Monocycle, I get way too deep into my own head and contemplate the question, how important is the line that demarcates work from our social lives? I think I've always felt like this, but lately I have noticed how blurred the lines between work and private life have become -- does one inform the other? Is it supposed to? So I'm thinking...why do we celebrate the "can't stop, won't stop" attitude at work when we know, as we've seen, that it leads to burn out? How do we combat this very American, acutely millennial mentality and take back the quiet respite of having nothing to do? Remember Saturdays in bed with a bowl of cereal and Nickelodeon? How important were those breaks for our formative, young minds? Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

In this week's episode of Monocycle, Leandra talks about her addiction to the comfort zone -- that area that prohibits us from tackling the hard or uncomfortable tasks in our day. What happens when we get caught in those black holes that prohibit us from doing the things we need to do? Like we're existing, but with 50-pound weights attached to our legs? How do we identify this addiction and ultimately, what do we do to break it? Good news! The first step is awareness. So plug in your headphones and take a listen. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

Man Repeller is officially six years old. Did you know that through it all, the website's written description of what it means to be a man repeller has never been updated? Not once. It's time to expound upon the definition, but it wouldn't be right without your help. So! Using this week's recording as a launch pad to open the flood gates of what it means to read, engage with and experience Man Repeller, let's talk about our mission together. What does Man Repeller mean to you? Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week’s episode of Monocycle is practically like having an audio stylist who may or may not be a serial killer given the information she feeds you and the way in which she suggests you should dress. Of course, you won't be killed, but rather walked through the way in which you choose to present your thesis to the world without actually having to explain yourself! No? Okay. But please, do show us what you’re actually wearing. Either in the comment feed below or via Instagram using the hashtag #MRMonocycle. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week's episode of Monocycle tackles our theme of the month, mental health, by talking through how we determined this would-be the theme that followed last month (and stood as preface for next month! Which will require that you let your hair down and dance until your feet fall off). Leandra also talks about talking yourself down from an anxiety attack, which she's not always the best at, but trying is better than crying, right? We've all been there. Enjoy the listen. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

After taking a week off, today's episode of Monocycle kicks off a case study called: Do You Care? It's all about the process of building these episodes -- coming up with the concepts, the actual recording, the questions that you don't hear -- it's like an audio behind-the-scenes. Let us know what you think and if you enjoy it. If you don't, of course, we can go back to regular programming -- the best programming! -- where we talk about feeling our feelings and how that feels. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

The hormones are back. On this week's episode of Monocycle, Leandra confronts her narcissism, yells at herself and tries to turn negatives into positives. All anecdotes are shared with the intention that you'll be able to connect with them, of course, because at the end of the day, aren't we all "going through stuff"? Might as well hold each other's hands along the way. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week's episode of Monocycle is about productivity. Leandra procrastinated for two hours until she finally recorded this episode, so lucky for listeners it also features the most efficient human on earth: Leandra's husband, Abie Cohen. We'd reveal his advice here, but then you wouldn't listen to the episode. So! Have at it, use the bathroom and get your stuff done so you can party into the weekend like Cher on The Ed Sullivan Show. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

In this week’s episode of Monocycle, Leandra talks about the "Saturday State of Mind." Could there be a way to turn the excited feeling of an imminent Saturday into a state of mind as opposed to mere fact of existence? And if there is, would Sunday Scaries become Sunday Sillies? Oh what a way to force calm unto yourself! And if not because you need to figure out how to quit feeling like a paralyzed bird on Sunday nights, then simply because this episode features two interludes for rap music. Happy (real) Friday! Let’s keep the momentum going, eh? Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

This week's episode of Monocycle tackles some of the questions that you asked in our Love Your Career Month post, questions like: How do people find jobs? Is it a bad thing to feel like you're learning as you go (instead of knowing it all before hand)? How do you navigate work and life in your twenties so that you set yourself up for success in your thirties? And so on. Pop your headphones in for Leandra's answers but don't stop shouting out new queries. It helps us help you and together we'll keep this podcast running like a rainforest with a perfect ecosystem. Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander

Welcome back to Monocycle. This week's episode tackles precisely the reason we didn't post last week: Paris. As in, fashion week. But beyond that and beyond the clothes, we explore the feeling of being...gluttonous. The condition of living in 2016 means that we have so many choices and are confronted with them every second of every day. Maybe you, too, are feeling a little bit like you want to streamline the choice buggy. Or maybe not! Either way, enjoy. And for the love of content, please talk to us about what else you'd like to hear on here! Logo by Kelly Shami - legsny.com/ Edited by Nicholas Quazzy Alexander