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How to Fall in Love with Yourself While You Look for Love

Dating is difficult. Inevitably, we get rejected. Or we reject. We want to keep our hearts open but they keep getting smushed. What does it take to fall—and stay—in love with yourself while you look for love? I’m doing a

Posted in Dating, Personal Growth, Quirkytogether, Single Life

Join Me in Activating Your “Feminine Power”

Hola chicas y chicos! I’m writing from Colombia, where I am beginning another adventure in South America; this time I am working while traveling. Wish me luck on my focus. I want to invite you to join me as a

Posted in Coaching, Personal Growth

Take the Quirky Survey

I am about to revamp my personal website sashacagen.com with quirkyness as a theme. The writing, community and e-courses will be for people who identify with quirkyness. Before I begin creating, I want to investigate what it means to people

Posted in Uncategorized

Quirkyalone on Globo, Brazil’s Largest TV Channel

I love it when my interests come together. Those of you who follow my work know that I fell in love with South America in 2009 and spent six months in Brazil in 2010 (and then went on to Colombia

Posted in Press

What Is Quirky?

Take a fascinating journey into your own quirkyself! I am doing a deep dive into the word “quirky” in order to create products and experiences on my website sashacagen.com. By taking this survey, you’ll help shape what I’ll create and

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You are hereby invited to like me

Quirkyalone is founded on the value of loving yourself first (giving yourself approval so you don’t need it from others). Nevertheless, I will baldly ask you to like me. I am working on a new book. In the past I

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A Review of Going Solo (and My Dream of Living in an Assisted Living Facility)

When I turned 33, a bunch of my friends got together in a huddle in a bar and talked about where we wanted to be in 30 years. Some people talked about traveling the world, another talked about having written

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Posted in Books, migrate

Weighing in on the “extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone”

I will be on KCRW’s national news affairs program “To the Point” tomorrow Wednesday 11-12 with sociologist and fellow examiner of the modern human condition Eric Klinenberg. We’ll be talking about his excellent book Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and

Posted in Books, Press, Single Life, Solitude
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Thanks for visiting Quirkyalone, the online home of the quirkyalone movement! I'm Lady Q Sasha Cagen and I'm the author of Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics and To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us. I'm here to support you to lead your own self-approved, authentically you quirky life through my writing and online course GetQuirky. Learn more about me here.
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If you would like to up the level of quirkyness in your life, here are five ways you can do that with me:
Go Forth and GetQuirky online course
Lady Q Coaching
Quirkysensual travel adventures
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Read my books Quirkyalone and To-Do List!
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How do I get in touch with you?To email me, write me at sasha AT sashacagen DOT com.
Where are you? I'm in Buenos Aires writing, teaching, coaching, and dancing tango. I'll be in Oakland, California starting in late June 2013 doing the same.
How can I stay in touch with you?To follow my work (books, courses, events), join my mailing list and you'll get weekly inspiration for your quirky life..
How do I learn more about what you do? Read my about page.
What's the whole quirky thing about? Read this.
How can I work with you? You can join me for the next session of my class GetQuirky to go for an adventure: 30 days of creative self-acceptance with kindred spirits to witness and support you. You can inquire about one-on-one coaching and creative consulting.
Is there something I should be planning for? Yes. Get psyched for my upcoming quirkysensual travel adventures where I will be leading personal growth adventures with a quirkysensual and travel twist. Get on the early information list here.
What's your next book? I'm working on my third book right now. It will take you through what I learned on my unplanned adventures through South America. It's about pleasure, the body, sex, shame, love, and all the really good stuff and you want to jump on my mailing list to be aware of publication details and maybe even get a sneak peek!
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Are You a Quirkyalone?
Welcome, you have landed on the online home of the quirkyalone movement.

A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.

It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto