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Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about quitting. We're often lead to believe that quitting something means we've 'failed', and that it's mainly a bad thing to quit. But I don't believe this to be the case. We have to know when quitting is actually a win, and we need to muster the courage to do it - when we know in our hearts it's right...

Send us Fan Mail On today's Thursday Thoughts, Polly and I are talking about anxiety. We share our own experiences with anxiety, exploring how it effects us differently, and discussing potential causes. We offer some practical tips and strategies for managing and mitigating anxiety, that work for us. We also highlight the significant impact of starting your day right, sharing how our morning...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, the fabulous Marianne Power is back for Part 2 of our conversation! Marianne is a freelance journalist and author who lives in London. Her first book, ‘Help Me! How Self-Help Has Not Changed My Life’, an international bestseller, is an irresistibly funny and incredibly moving book about a wild and ultimately redemptive journey that will resonate with anyone...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about why our past does not have to determine our future. So many of us look back and assume that our lives so far are a measure of what is possible for us going forwards. But this is only true if we allow it to be... Press 'Play' and let me know what you think! Support the show Buy my book, SHINY HAPPY SINGLES (UK) / THRIVE SOL...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Polly and I are talking about limiting beliefs. All of us have limiting beliefs of some sort, whether we’re aware of them or not; and they are holding many of us back from living into our potential. Polly and I talk about what limiting beliefs actually are, how to identify them, and how to change them and create new beliefs that will actually serve us....

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, I’m talking to the fabulous Marianne Power. Marianne is a freelance journalist and author who lives in London. Her first book, ‘Help Me! How Self-Help Has Not Changed My Life’, an international bestseller, is an irresistibly funny and incredibly moving book about a wild and ultimately redemptive journey that will resonate with anyone who’s ever dreamed of f...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about why we should embrace enthusiasm. Taylor Swift once said: " The worst kind of person is someone who makes someone feel bad, dumb or stupid for being excited about something.” And I couldn't agree more. (As if I needed another reason to love her.) As someone who has always been a very enthusiastic person myself, I know what...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Polly and I are talking about visualisation. David Cameron Gikandi wrote that “life is images of the mind expressed”, and he isn’t the only one who believes / believed that everything starts in our imagination. There are multiple scientific studies that show how visualising can be an incredibly powerful tool when it comes to bringing the things we desi...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, I’m talking to the fabulous Caroline Magennis. Caroline is an Associate Professor in Contemporary Literature at the University of Salford. She’s also an author, and her brand new book from Icon Books, which came out in May, is called Harpy: A Manifesto for Childfree Women. She lives in north-west England and is happily childfree. Topics that Caroline &...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about finding your tribe. As single women, it's particularly important that we find other singles to spend time with, not least because it's the fastest way to feel less like there's something wrong with you. Whether online or in person, surrounding yourself with other single women is key to feeling good about yourself and...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Polly and I are talking about resilience. Resilience is all about moving through the difficulties in life without allowing them to stop us in our tracks. It’s about picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off, and continuing to move forwards. We talk about why it’s important to build resilience, and how we can go about cultivating more of it....

Send us Fan Mail This week, my fabulous Thrive Solo members are back for Part 2 of our conversation: Victoria, Lindsay, Maddie, Jess & Kriss. In Part 2 of this ‘round table’ conversation, we delve into some of the crappy things about being single.  Topics that we cover are: the importance of having other single people in our lives; the variety of conversation that happens between people who do...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about what makes someone interesting. There are so many things that can make a person interesting, not least their ability to be interested in others. In today's minisode, I share my thoughts on what I think makes somebody interesting, including embracing your inner weirdo, and being enthusiastic about life and the world. Press &apos...

Send us Fan Mail On this week’s Thursday Thoughts, Polly and I are talking about the importance of following what feels good. The truth is that we are all 99% energy, and we’re all vibrating at different frequencies ranging from the more ‘high vibe’ states such as joy and appreciation, to the more ‘low vibe’ states such as anger and shame. Like attracts like, so when we’re feeling good, we’re goin...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, I’m talking to five of my Thrive Solo members: Victoria, Lindsay, Maddie, Jess & Kriss. In Part 1 of this ‘round table’ conversation, we delve into the topic of loneliness and find out how these women deal with feeling lonely.  They are all single and childfree. Topics that we cover are: comparison, and the life we feel we should have had; how feelings...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about 5 places that are great to travel to as a solo woman, three of which I've been to, and two of which I haven't. Enjoy! Support the show Buy my book, SHINY HAPPY SINGLES (UK) / THRIVE SOLO (US & Canada) at: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/book Join my membership community for single women, Thrive Solo: https://www.lucymegge...

Send us Fan Mail On today's Thursday Thoughts, Polly & I are talking all about habits. We discuss some of the ways to start cultivating a habit, such as making it easy and making it obvious. We also talk about the importance of knowing your 'why' when it comes to starting (or kicking) a habit, as well as getting back up when we inevitably fall off the wagon. Finally, we briefly...

Send us Fan Mail In this week’s episode, I’m talking to the wonderful Rachel Mills. Rachel is the founder of Rachel Mills Literary, a modern London-based literary agency representing a community of prize-winning and internationally bestselling authors. Rachel previously worked as Literary Agent at Furniss Lawton agency, within the James Grant Talent Group, and before that as Agent and Internationa...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm sharing the best advice I can give to any single, childless woman. The long and short of it is that we're best served when we look inside of ourselves for the solutions to our problems.  And while it might feel like the answers lie in something outside of ourselves, i.e. a boyfriend / girlfriend, or a baby, this isn't actually the case....

Send us Fan Mail Would you describe yourself as an introvert, or an extrovert? Or perhaps you're even an extroverted introvert, like Polly and I! As extroverted introverts, albeit very different ones, we were fascinated to dive into this conversation. We discuss what it means to be either an introvert, or an extrovert, and how in western culture, introverts are often described as 'shy&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Today, it's a solo episode in which I'm talking about my love of the US of A! The people, the landscapes, the nature, the road trips...I bloody love America. And in this episode, I tell you all about my obsession with this (in my opinion) underrated country.  I also talk about the various road trips I've done, as well as my long-term desire to live in the States. Ma...

Send us Fan Mail On today's minisode, I'm talking about Rhonda Byrne's The Magic, a book that my Thrive Solo membership ladies and I are currently reading. It's a 28 day gratitude practice — or as I like to call it: gratitude on crack. If you're not practicing gratitude intentionally every day, then you should be. And in this minisode I talk about why it's so essentia...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Polly and I are talking all about friendship. Friendships come and go during the course of our lifetime, and that’s ok. Some people stay with us for the duration, and others just stay for a season. The most important thing to ask yourself is this: how do your friends make you feel? Do you come away feeling uplifted, or drained? Also, do your...

Send us Fan Mail ***PLEASE NOTE*** APOLOGIES FOR THE SOUND ISSUES ON THIS EPISODE. THE CONVERSATION IS WORTH BEARING WITH IT! In this week’s episode, I’m talking to the completely gorgeous Lindsey Hopkinson. Lindsey is a children’s physiotherapist who lives in West Sussex. She is happily single and childfree, and she also happens to be a member of Thrive Solo, my membership for single women. Topic...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's minisode, I'm talking about giving our power away. I share my thoughts on how we give it away, when we give it away, and to whom. I also touch on some of the more subtle and unconscious ways that we're not even aware of. In order to live our best life, we need to become aware of the fact that we all do this, and learn to take our power back. Support t...