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 Author & Journalist, Nicola Slawson, Is Back On The Podcast!
My guest on the podcast this week is the wonderful Nicola Slawson.
Nicola is a freelance journalist and writer, and founder of the award-winning newsletter, The Single Supplement. Her new book, Single: Living A Complete Life On Your Own terms, comes out on 13th February 2025.
Nicola is single, but lives with her gay best friend, Tom, the father of her baby girl, Stella.
Topics that we cover are:
- how she and her gay best friend, Tom, platonically co-parent their daughter, Stella;
- how Nicola had been looking into solo motherhood but didn’t feel it was the right choice for her;
- how the financial side of solo parenting was one of the main reasons she was against it;
- how she came up with the idea to have a baby with her gay friend;
- the moment she asked Tom if he wanted to have — and co-parent — a baby with her;
- how they decided that they would actually live together;
- their ideal future living situation;
- how Nicola feels about any future romantic partner given her unconventional life;
- how Tom & Nicola got pregnant — first time — using the ‘turkey baster’ method;
- how incredibly grateful they both that their journey of having a baby was so ‘easy’;
- how her book, Single: Living A Complete Life On Your Own Terms, covers the whole breadth of being single;
- how writing a book about single life was the very last thing on her list, but how it came about;
- how one of the main messages of the book is about not putting your life on hold when you’re single;
- the idea of ‘happily ever after’ and how it is so ingrained in our culture;
- how one her favourite chapters is about heartbreak;
- the unspoken grief of no longer being single;
- the nuance of being happily single but also desiring a relationship;
- how proud Nicola is of the last 10 years of her single life
- how we don't give ourselves enough credit for the things we deal with alone as single women.
Follow Nicola on Instagram: @nicola_slawson
Get a signed copy of the book: https://www.bookabookshop.co.uk/shop/single-living-a-complete-life-on-your-own-terms-signed-copy/
Buy Nicola’s book, Single: Living A Complete Life On Your Own Terms: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Single-Living-Complete-Life-Terms/dp/1035400731
Join Nicola’s Substack, The Single Supplement: https://thesinglesupplement.substack.com/
- Pre-Order my book, SHINY HAPPY SINGLES (UK) / THRIVE SOLO (US & Canada) at: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/book
- Download my FREE PDF 'The Top 10 Answers To The Most Irritating Questions That Single People Get Asked On The Regular...& How To (Devilishly) Respond'? Go to: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/questions
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And thank you so much for listening!