Lucy Talks

...here are my ways to regain inspiration and find what makes me happy again. Long time no speak! The last few weeks I feel like I've been pretty low on inspiration - for creative projects, uni work & doing things I love. It's a weird form of self-sabotage but I think sometimes we're our own worst enemies and the only way to kick the low motivation is to choose to change it. In thi...

"Get uncomfortable in a comfortable place." Hey lovely people, welcome back. This week I'm chatting about 5 different things that have really sunk in for me recently - from living with more unapologetic joy to the best place to try new things to choosing a romantic partner who loves you for who you are. I loved recording this one, all the good vibes. Let me know which resonated with you the most!...

"Imagine the person you'd become if you stopped trying to fix others and put that energy into yourself." Love is for everyday!! Welcome back lovely people, ily lots and lots. happy v day. Chatting all things love in this week's episode, particularly diving into self love and how it can influence all your relationships. There are so many ways to love, so many ways to experience love and I feel like...

“If you want to go quickly, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” This week on the podcast Lucy's chatting to Marcus Stewart, an experienced leader in the energy industry with a track record of delivery and making it happen. He's recently been to COP27 to speak about why future energy matters, how we can transition to net zero and what he’s doing at BEIS on the green grids initiative. Dec...

I feel like the whole 'romanticise your life' thing is talked about a lot, but what's not spoken about is how to actually do it. In this episode I chat about the 2 things that I feel increase the value of a moment and some lil nuggets of advice I've loved applying to my life. Being present is harder than it sounds!! So many distractions taking us away from the here and now. But with practice I rea...

“There’s no such thing as the wrong body to dance.” This week on the pod, I’m talking with Dr Peter Lovatt, a dancer, dance psychologist and the author of ‘The Dance Cure’. I recently read Peter’s book and loved it, so thought it’d be fun to chat with him and share all his wisdom about finding confidence, self esteem and connection through dance. Honestly - dancing is a superpower. It was fascinat...

"Don't look at your feet to see if you're doing it right. Just dance." 2023 let's go baby!! I think you'll see in this episode how excited I am for the year ahead, I've got a good feeling about what's coming next. Discussing my 2023 goals, mindset habits, intentions and plans - let me know what yours are!! Feel free to write down or think about your own intentions for the year ahead as you listen,...

"If you don't recognise yourself that means you did it right." - t swizzle We did it! 2022 is nearly over, so what happened?? 2022 was a year of a lot of ups and downs for me but I've come out the other side with so much more self-confidence and calmness in my life. Grateful for the tough moments and the amazing moments alike.  What was your year like? Get in touch on insta @lucytalks_ to sha...

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me. First solo ep in a whileee and it feels so good to be back chatting with you all. This week I'm sharing my thoughts about unhappiness, how often the only thing getting in your way is you and how our emotions are indicators of how much we're aligning with our values and goals. I think it's so interesting to think about how we can use unhappiness or negative ex...

Ever wanted to find a way to express yourself, or to document your life in a way that feels authentic? Marlies does that through creating videos for her youtube channel in a way that allows her to romanticise her life... but not in a fake way. In this episode we discuss how to find the joy in the little things, how our confidence has evolved over the last few years and delve into Marlies' experien...

"Each of us chooses where we want to put our efforts." Such a thought-provoking conversation on the pod this week! I sat down for a conversation with Dr Mary E Black, a woman of many many talents and strings to her bow. A medical doctor, international public health leader and enthusiastic writer, Mary offered her advice on leadership, taking opportunities and what the world needs. I came away feel...

Hi everyone - thank you for tuning in! This week on the pod we have my good friend Nicole Tsang to share her honest experiences with the ups and downs of mental health in the hopes that it helps you to better understand mental health in yourself and in others. Nicole has some incredibly helpful analogies for thinking about the way our brains work and has such a high level of emotional intelligence...

"Trust actions, not just words. The people who love you will show you." Hi everyone. This week's episode is incredibly vulnerable and honest!! Be kind hehe. My intention is to offer some big sister advice to anyone dealing with a break up, to open up deeper conversations about losing someone you love and to share my perspectives as honestly as possible with the hope that it might resonate with som...

“What is the life you want?” Hi everyone, welcome or welcome back!! This week on the pod we’re diving into the idea of personal responsibility, choosing what makes you happy and trusting yourself. It’s all from the heart and I really hope this one resonates with you. We’re so close to 10,000 streams so if you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend!!! would love to keep growing the pod...

"Knowing you’re enough doesn’t kill ambition, it’s the foundation for real ambition." - Steven Bartlett Hi, welcome back! This week I'm chatting about how self worth is independent of literally anything we do, how feeling enough leads to inspired, meaningful action and how it's normal that our self esteem fluctuates. A very chill, casual episode to hopefully give a clearer perspective on your intr...

"Refusing to accept a bad day is like trying to stop the rain from falling." Grab your snorkels because we're going deep in this episode. I chat about my spiritual beliefs, experiences with finding perspective through tough times and outlook on the highs and lows of life. Somewhere along the way in the last few years I’ve developed a pretty strong sense of ‘everything is working out for me to end...

"I've come to terms with the fact that you can't be perfect." This week on the podcast I chatted with Freya Stewart Grant about intersectional feminism, how to use your voice to make positive change while acknowledging your privilege as well as her experiences with sexism in STEM. Freya is the host of 'Hysterical Woman' and a fellow physics student at UoN. We had such a thought-provoking and engag...

What does your ideal life look like? Are you making choices that will help you to get there? In this episode I discuss why I find so much value in intention setting, how to do it and the things I would love to get out of this year of uni - which somehow is my final year!! I've found that setting intentions for the day, week, month or year ahead helps me so much to feel happy with the decisions I m...

"Life is an experiment." Welcome back, thank you for tuning in! This week I'm trying something different, a new 'diary entry' style podcast ep with snippets every day from my meditation experiences. I love the mindset of being open to trying new things and treating your life a bit like a science experiment - mixing things up, adding new things in to your routine etc. just to see if it can lead to...

Do you feel like a lucky person? All the big questions in this week's episode! Is luck a mindset? Are we taking opportunities that are right under our noses? Can we make ourselves more lucky? Like most of us, I used to think that luck was something completely out of our control, but what if our mindset influences what we see in the world around us. I loved researching and recording for this one -...

“Well, why not?”  Dr. Laura McGuire is a Research Fellow in the department of Psychology at Edge Hill University. Her PhD research focused on tackling an issue of global importance, namely, why consumers are not doing more to change their behaviour in the face of the threat posed by climate change. In this episode, we discussed the decisions she's made along the way to create the career she h...

"rejection is redirection" Heya how are we doing?! Bucket loads of honesty and reflection for you in this week's chat, so buckle up:) I've been thinking a lot lately about how most things in life are very unpredictable and changeable, and although that's so hard to accept it's also kind of freeing? After all, if you can't get rid of the uncertainty, you've just got to make the best of each situati...

Hi! We've got a good lil episode for you today!! This week, I spoke to James Faulkner about his experiences doing a PhD at the University of Cambridge, the applications of his research for sustainable and more efficient batteries and the lessons that he's learnt about managing goals and expectations while studying! We ended up going down some really interesting tangents about language, the pros of...

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the podcast!! Today I'm chatting with one of my uni lecturers, Prof. Moriarty, about what makes really good science communication, managing mental health as an academic and bridging the gap with those people who you really do not see eye to eye with.  I found this to be such a thought-provoking and engaging conversation so I hope it changes the way you think about...

Hi everyone! Welcome to the first episode of Lucy Talks and the start of a new chapter... I'm so excited to get going again with the pod & hope you'll stick around for episodes every Monday morning!  Since I'm all about honesty, I thought I'd start the relaunch off with a chatty, get to know me style episode where you hear from my closest pals what I'm really like. I had so much fun recor...