Thrive Solo

Send us Fan Mail Support the show On this week's minisode, I'm sharing 11 of my favourite quotes and the reasons why I love them. You can't move for quotes on social media these days, but my own love of them stems from waaaayyy back when I was but a wee thing.  As well as reading out these 11 fabulous quotes, I'm also talking about exactly why I love them, and how - if you let...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to history professor and author, Peggy O’Donnell Heffington.  Peggy O’Donnell Heffington is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Chicago, where she teaches courses on gender and women’s history as well as historical research and writing methods. When she’s not answering email, you can usually find her tr...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show On this week's minisode, I'm talking about how much better life gets when we stop giving a sh*t what other people think. This is a biggie, because we all suffer from the fear of judgement to one degree or another; but do we realise how much it's holding us back? Letting go of our worries and concerns about the opinions of others might just be the be...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to journalist, life coach and podcaster, Ariana Dunne.  Ariana Dunne is a journalist, a life coach, a celebrant, and an entrepreneur. She has worked for major publications including DMG, Bauer, Telegraph, Dennis and Maximum Media. Perpetually single by choice, Ariana has lived a fabulous solo life for most of her twenties and th...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show On this week's minisode, I'm talking about some of the assumptions people make about single women when they cannot wrap their heads around the fact that they might actually be single, childless, and...happy.  In my case, those assumptions have included me being a lesbian and...a virgin. WTF?!  Press 'Play' and prepare to be amused. ;) Support t...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to Director of Events and podcaster, Jennie Becker.  Jennie is the Director of Events and Activations UKI at WeWork. She has over 13 years of experience in the world of Events & Partnerships working for companies such as the British Fashion Council, LTK and Stella McCartney and organising events such as London Fashion Week &...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In today's minisode, I'm sharing my thoughts on why there's nothing wrong with you just because you happen to be single. There is sometimes an assumption amongst partnered people, that if a person has been single for any length of time - particularly a woman of a 'certain age' - there must be 'something wrong' with her.  I beg to...

Send us Fan Mail Support the show In this week's episode, I talk to financial coach, Tess Waresmith.  Tess is a single, childless woman who currently runs a financial education business, @wealthwithtess, that teaches women how to take control of their finances by improving their money mindset and learning simple ways to invest their money so they can live life on their terms and step into the...

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...