Thrive Solo

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about why the term 'single not by choice' is a source of frustration for me.  Much like the many shades of grey between the words 'childless' and 'childfree', people often forget that the term 'single not by choice' can also be subject to nuance - and doesn't necessarily tr...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to journalist and author, Rebecca Traister.  Rebecca Traister is writer at large for New York magazine. A National Magazine Award winner, she has written about women in politics, media, and entertainment from a feminist perspective for The New Republic and Salon and has also contributed to The Nation , The New York Observer , Th...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's minisode, I'm talking about why we shouldn't give up so easily when it comes to the practices we know will help us. There is a tendency, particularly when it comes to self help and mindfulness practices, to quit when we don't see instant results. But the truth is that, like most great things in life, it takes time, discipline and consistency to r...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to childfree lifestyle advocate, LeNora Faye.  LeNora is a childfree lifestyle advocate who creates public and private global platforms for people choosing not to have / birth or raise children. She began her public advocacy work in 2018 after realising a need for more conversation about not wanting to have kids. Following a yea...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about the tale of the old Cherokee who tells his grandson about the battle that goes on inside of him - and all of us - between the good wolf and the bad wolf.  When his grandson asks him "Which wolf will win?", the old man replies simply, "The one you feed." So the question is, which wolf will you...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to writer Kerry Graham.  Kerry is a Baltimore-based writer and former English teacher. She is a Creative-in-Residence at the Baltimore Banner, and her essays and vignettes have appeared in dozens of publications. Huffington Post published her essay about being childfree by choice in three languages. Dan Rather said of Kerry’s wr...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about a book by Australian author, Bronnie Ware, called The Top 5 Regrets Of The Dying. Whilst the title may not immediately spark joy, both the book and this episode are far more about life than they are about death.  Bronnie spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to writers Joan DelFattore & Christina Campbell. Joan DelFattore writes about living a single life in a world geared towards couples. Following her own experience of discrimination against being single in relation to her own cancer treatment, Joan wrote a peer-reviewed article that was published in the New England Journal of...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show This week, it's a very mini minisode all about the joy of walking. As a kid, I was dragged on walks with my siblings by our Dad, every Sunday, in the woods behind the house I grew up in. And whilst back then I would roll my eyes at the mere mention of yet another walk, I'm so glad that it was implemented into my life at a young age. I've subsequentl...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to award-winning writer, actor, comedian and musician, Lane Moore.  Lane’s first book, How To Be Alone: If You Want To And Even If You Don’t, became an instant No.1 bestseller and was praised as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, New York Magazine, NPR, Good Morning America, Fast Company, Marie Claire, and...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about the power of awe, and how it turns out that experiencing awe for just a few moments each day has a positive impact on both our emotional and physical health.  Researchers Michael Amster and Jake Eagle have found that practicing their 'A.W.E Method' just a few times a day for mere seconds, decreases str...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to professor Ketaki Chowkhani.  Dr Ketaki Chowkhani is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Manipal Centre for Humanities. Single and childfree herself, Ketaki designed and teaches India's first ever course on Singles Studies, and her writing on singlehood has appeared in the New York Times, The Hindu, Psychology Today,...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show On today's minisode, I'm talking about why the most important asset we have is our energy. Whilst we may worry about people's opinions and judgements when it comes to our single, childfree lives, we need to wise up to this one truth: the energy that we radiate carries far more weight than our relationship status, our qualifications, our bank balance...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to writer and professor, Craig Wynne.  Craig is a writer and professor at the University of the District of Columbia where he teaches rhetoric and writing studies to first year students. His courses are themed around relationships and single studies. He is also a happy bachelor although this wasn’t always the case. In 2015, the...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about 8 key things that we need to let go of. These include: - negative self talk - assuming we can't - other people's drama (and our own) - people who no longer bring value to our lives You'll have to tune in to find out the other 4... ;) Press 'Play' and let me know what you think! Support t...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to poet, writer, teacher and editor, Tania Hershman.  Tania, as she describes herself on her website, is “a queer writer of odd things, short, very short, and longer.” Now based in Manchester, UK, she moved to Jerusalem from London in 1994 where she was a science journalist for 13 years, writing for publications such as WIRED an...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about why my part-time job as my sister's cleaner is actually totally awesome.  As many of you will know, following some big changes in my life, I've been cleaning my sister's house once a week for the last two years. And I'm getting used to the gasps of surprise / horror when people discover that...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode I talk to High Sensory Coach and Creative Empath, Elisha May.  Elisha is a High Sensory Leader and Coach which means she is able to energetically and intuitively assist transformation in others, and achieve quicker results than a normal coach or therapist. She offers High Sensory Facilitation, for those with the trait of Sensory Process...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's minisode, I'm talking about our tendency to think that we'll be happy when...we meet the guy / get the promotion / finish the kitchen etc. But the danger with this way of thinking is that it means our happiness is always conditional, always dependent on something or someone outside of ourselves. And when you think about it, this is do...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode I talk to writer, Christina Campbell.  Christina lives in Northern Virginia, USA, with her cats. She writes about invisible illness, singles’ rights, and the inexorable onslaught of entropy. Her book, And Sarah His Wife , won the Michigan Writers’ Cooperative Press Chapbook Contest in 2017. After earning her Master of Fine Arts in Creat...

Send us Fan Mail This week's minisode is the second part of a workshop I did on Valentine's Day. Following on from last week, I talk more about living an intentional life, the incredible power of the mind and what that means for us, how we have more agency over our lives than most of us realise, the importance of leaning into the things that make us feel good, how many of us don't d...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to writer and presenter, Bev Turner.  Bev has had a hugely successful career as a writer, author, radio and TV presenter. She is also mum to three kids and girlfriend to her gorgeous boyfriend, James.  She has her own TV show - Bev Turner Today - on GB News, and has been a regular on ITV’s This Morning and Good Morning Britain ,...

Send us Fan Mail This week's minisode is taken from a workshop I did on Valentine's Day. I talk about my own journey of personal growth, the narratives around single, childless women and their impact on our lives, our subconscious beliefs, living a more intentional life, how we need to choose where we place our focus, the lens through which we look at life, and much, much more. I hope yo...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, I talk to financial planner, author, and founder of Childfree Wealth, Jay Zigmont.  Jay is the founder of Childfree Wealth which focuses on helping childfree people figure out their finances. He has been a life and business coach for over a decade, has a PhD in Adult Learning from the University of Connecticut, an MBA from SCSU and is a certified finan...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's minisode, I'm talking about courage. I was inspired by the following quote - "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage." - to talk about how we must learn to cultivate courage if we want to grow, change, and become more of who we want to be. Whatever it is we desire in life, if it's something we've never been, done or had...