34. British Count. (w/Zara Barrie. Part 1)

 Zara Barrie is a first-generation British-American. I know what you’re thinking. Brits don’t count. Guess what, they do. Even Canadians count as immigrants. We do not discriminate here, not by distance, not by language. A lost home feels the same to everyone. 

Zara is the former Senior Sex & Dating writer for Elite Daily. She has penned over three thousand articles. 

And recently launched www.CrazyBadBabesClub.com, a wellness publication for bad girls. 

Together with Dayna Troisi she hosts the “GirlZ, Interrupted” podcast. It is and I quote “not a wellness podcast but a mental illness podcast.” 

According to Zara’s official bio “She identifies as a mascara lesbian and lives beyond her means in New York.” 

Zara’s first book came out in May of last year. And I listened to it twice. I never thought I would. 

The book is called, GIRL STOP PASSING OUT IN YOUR MAKEUP: THE BAD GIRL’S GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR SHIT TOGETHER.

I thought that my need for wisdom about sex, dating, and mental health was satisfied by Brene Brown and Esther Perel. I really did. Who would have thought that who I actually wanted to listen to was a foul-mouthed New York neurotic lesbian girl? 

But she talked to a part of me that hasn’t been talked to in a while. And guess what, I’m pretty sure, you have that part too. Even if you’re a man. You might not like that part of you, you might diminish and even disregard that younger, messier, more confused, and arrogant version of you. But it is still there. And Zara gives it a voice.

Also, Zara is my sister-in-law. And I am super proud.

 

 

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