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 Executive Coach & Thrive Solo Member, Pooja Venkatraman
My guest on the podcast this week is the brilliant Pooja Venkatraman.
Pooja is a double Harvard graduate, ex-management consultant, and former stressed-out over-achiever turned life coach, who helps high-stress, high achievers get clear on what they want to do next, take the next steps, and create the lives they actually want. She is also a member of my Thrive Solo membership.
Pooja lives in New York City and is single and childfree.
Topics that we cover are:
- how she has always been a high achiever;
- how she has always had a strong internal sense that she didn’t want to have kids;
- how despite knowing she didn’t want children, she assumed she would have to have them;
- how it took Pooja 30+ years to realise she could choose to remain childfree;
- the vision she always had for her life that involved a romantic partner;
- the conclusion she came to that there aren’t that many men who she would be excited to be with, and that she might never meet one;
- how she’s started to get to a place where she’s happy with — or without — a relationship;
- how Pooja’s friends still insist on ‘helping’ her date despite her telling them she’s no longer dating;
- why she’s come off the dating apps;
- her great love of writing, and how it makes her feel connected;
- how Pooja ended up becoming a life coach;
- the framework of her coaching and why it’s so important;
- why circumstances don’t have any inherent meaning, only the meaning we project onto them;
- why it’s so important to distinguish between thoughts and facts;
- becoming aware of the various ‘circuits’ in our brain and how they are, or are not, serving us;
- the ways in which our brain can work for or against us;
- Pooja’s thoughts on manifestation;
- her take on what it means to thrive solo.
Check out Pooja’s website: https://poojavcoaching.com/
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And thank you so much for listening!