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I’m truly excited for you to hear my guest on this week's episode. I felt so uplifted after our conversation because she is such an inspiring woman. Her name is Siobhan Daniels — and funnily enough I had her daughter, Sammy, on the podcast just a few weeks ago! 
Siobhan is 67, single, and absolutely rocking her life. At the age of 60, she decided to stop waiting and start living life on her own terms. She quit her job, sold her home, got rid of the vast majority of her stuff, bought a motorhome, and started living a nomadic life which she is still doing now. Earlier this year, Siobhan did a 4,000-mile solo journey from Canada to Alaska along the legendary Alaska Highway, and her brand new book, Retire & Refire, which has just come out, is the story of that journey, and she also has another book, Retirement Rebel.
Siobhan’s message to women of all ages is this: your strength does not expire – do not let fear stop you as you get older. I cannot tell you how much I loved this conversation because Siobhan’s energy and passion for life is so obvious and so infectious, and we talked about so many things, including her work as a pro-ageing campaigner who wants to change ageist stereotypes and the narrative around ageing, particularly for women.
Buy Siobhan's new book, Retire & Refire: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Retire-Refire-continuing-adventures-Retirement/dp/183981313X
Buy Siobhan's first book, Retirement Rebel: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Retirement-Rebel-woman-motorhome-adventure/dp/183981179X
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Listen to Siobhan's podcast, Retirement Rebel: https://www.retirementrebel.co.uk/podcast
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In this week’s minisode, I’m talking about why I’ve been bouncing on a mini trampoline for the last four years — and why it’s become one of my favourite ways to exercise. I’m sharing how rebounding fits into my wider health and fitness routine, how it can contribute to cardio fitness, balance, strength and fat loss, why I love the gentler “health bounce” as well as more intense sessions, and why actually enjoying the movement you do matters so much. Because the best exercise programme in the world is pretty useless if you hate it so much that you never stick to it.
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On this week's Thursday Thoughts, Polly and I are talking about anxiety.
Most of us are familiar with worrying about things that haven't even happened, but what do we do when anxiety starts becoming a problem?
Polly and I talk candidly about our own experiences of anxiety, as well as a few practical things that we can all do to try and allay those unhelpful thoughts and feelings.
We hope you'll find something useful in here.
Love,
Polly & Lucy x
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This week's episode is Part 2 of my interview with the fabulous Alison Leiby, comedian, writer, and author of ‘I’m Alot: Surviving Myself & All The People I’ve Been’. If you haven’t yet listened to last week’s Part 1, I would recommend you do that first and then come back to this part. 
Alison is a two-time WGA Award–nominated writer. She has written for Life & Beth, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and The President Show, and was a writer and executive producer for Ilana Glazer’s Comedy on Earth for Comedy Central. Her critically acclaimed solo show Oh God, A Show About Abortion, which ran at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York, was named the Best Political Comedy of the year by The New York Times. 
In this second part of our conversation, we’re diving into friendship and why it’s ok not to have one best friend who you’ve known since you were 3, and how friendship is largely about having different friends for different parts of yourself; we talk about how society still doesn’t quite know what to do with childfree women, so we’re often presented to the world either as sad cat ladies who we’re meant to feel sorry for, or crazy party girls or career women who are selfish and hard; we also talk about Alison’s experience of having an abortion when she was 35, and the solo-show she wrote off the back of it.
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In this week’s minisode, I’m talking about why, at 50, I don’t regret not having children — and why I’ve actually become increasingly grateful that I didn’t. I’m reflecting on whether I was ever really as “childless by circumstance” as I once believed, the difference between wanting a baby and wanting to be a parent, and some of the worries, responsibilities and sacrifices that those of us without children have been spared. I also talk about the freedom and headspace being childfree has given me to pursue my passions and purpose, why not having children doesn’t have to mean a lifetime of regret, and why there are countless ways to live a full, meaningful and deeply fulfilling life without becoming a mother.
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Join my membership community for single women, Thrive Solo: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/thrivesolo

Download my FREE PDF 'Top 10 Comebacks for the Most
Annoying Questions Single Women Get Asked'
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