Thrive Solo
Let’s be real — being single and child-free? It’s pretty damn awesome. Don’t believe me? Stick around. I promise you, by listening to this podcast, you’re going to start seeing your solo life in a whole new light — one that feels empowering, exciting, and full of possibility.
I’m Lucy Meggeson, and I’m here to help you stop seeing singlehood as a consolation prize and start embracing it as the incredible opportunity that it is. Because the truth? Being single isn’t second best. It’s not a waiting room. And it sure as hell isn’t a life of lack. In fact, when you lean into it, it can be just as fulfilling—if not more so—than being coupled up with kids.
And besides, no matter what our relationship status, what we all really want is to feel good in the here and now. So instead of focusing on what’s ‘missing,’ let’s focus on what’s possible. The freedom. The adventure. The extra time and headspace to create a life that’s truly our own.
Because here’s the thing: you are so much more powerful than you realise. Your thoughts shape your reality. And when you shift your mindset, you shift your life. My mission isn’t just to help you feel better about being single—it’s to help you recognise your own agency. To help you see that you are the creator of your own experience. And that you, and you alone, get to decide what your life looks like.
So join me here every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and let’s build lives that feel joyful, meaningful, and wildly fulfilling — on our own terms.
Let’s Thrive Solo…together.
E-mail me at lucy@lucymeggeson.com
Thrive Solo
The One Where I Talk To Writer, Kerry Graham
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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 writing, “in a sea of doom scrolling, a beautiful island of hope.”
Topics that Kerry & I cover are:
- why she made the decision to stop talking about her relationship status;
- the story of how she came to be childfree;
- how she still struggles with other people’s perceptions of her childfree status;
- how we still live in a culture where the expectation is that you’ll become a mother;
- the implication that being single is a temporary state;
- how there are so many facets to human beings besides from our relationship status!
- the pressure on childfree women to make something amazing of their lives as a way of ‘making up for’ not having kids;
- how women tend to spend alot of time talking about their relationship status, when there is so much more to discuss;
- how we all have many important relationships in our lives, yet we prioritise romantic partners over and above all of them;
- Kerry’s experience of co-dependency in a previous long-term relationship;
- how, whilst other people can contribute to our happiness, we are ultimately responsible for it;
- why Kerry never wants to marry or cohabitate with anyone;
- the hard lessons she has learnt from previous relationships, and her determination not to repeat those same mistakes;
- ageing, and why we need to own it;
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