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 Author & Academic, Caroline Magennis
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 & I cover are:
- how it never really occurred to Caroline to have children;
- how for many people, it’s a feeling rather than a decision, to not have kids;
- how much women’s experience of the stigma varies according to their cultural and socio-economic backgrounds;
- how people used to tell Caroline that she would change her mind about having kids;
- how the people who ask the most prying questions tend to not have very much going on in their own lives;
- why Caroline used the word ‘Harpy’ in the title of her book;
- the cultural messaging around childless women that motivated Caroline to write the book;
- the older women Caroline interviewed who didn’t regret not having kids, and who had led wonderful lives;
- why Caroline wanted to look into the nuance of childless women’s experiences;
- how almost all of Caroline’s interviewees spoke to the freedom of not having children;
- how there is a pressure on childless women to ‘do something amazing’, in order to justify their existence;
- why loneliness isn’t just reserved for single, childfree women;
- the different ways women without kids describe themselves;
- why being childfree is the least interesting thing about us!
- how Caroline’s Irish upbringing affected her experience of not having children.
Follow Caroline on Instagram:
@drmagennis
Buy the book on Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harpy-Manifesto-Childfree-Caroline-Magennis-ebook/dp/B0CT7B2JYF
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And thank you so much for listening!