Beyond Should: women reinventing their lives, careers & owning their power

Entrepreneur and AI founder Avni Patel Thompson joins Lucy Reynolds for a conversation about invisible labor, ambition, technology, and community. Together, they explore how women can move beyond expectations, trust their own values, and build lives—and solutions—that work for them.

More about Avni: 

Avni Patel Thompson is a serial founder building at the intersection of technology and modern parenthood. With her rare blend of scientific, care and business management expertise, Patel Thompson is able to develop cutting edge solutions to very nuanced and human problems. She holds a BSC in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Harvard Business School and authors 10,000 Ways, a newsletter about building solutions to the problems you live.

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Beyond Should is creatively supported by a team of dynamic women: 
Host and Founder of TMC : Lucy Reynolds 
Executive Producer: Lauren LoGrasso
Producer: Daniela Silva  
Marketing Manager: Esti MacInnes

What is Beyond Should: women reinventing their lives, careers & owning their power?

Beyond Should is a podcast about breaking down the barriers of our “shoulds.”

“I should stay in this job… I should take that meeting… I shouldn’t say how I really feel… I should, I should, I should.” Sound familiar?
But what if everything powerful, beautiful, true, and authentic lives on the other side of should?

Hosted by Lucy Reynolds, certified coach and founder of The Murmuration Collective, Beyond Should invites listeners to stop living in their “shoulds” and start naming, claiming, and pursuing what they deeply want. Through stories, wisdom, and candid conversations with inspiring guests — thought leaders, creative minds, advocates, artists, entrepreneurs, and storytellers — each episode explores courage, self-trust, asking for help, embracing failure, and stepping into a more vibrant, authentic way of living.

Expect laughter, honesty, vulnerability, and the occasional f-bomb as we challenge cultural conditioning, shed inherited expectations, and reclaim personal power.

Because when we show up boldly, we elevate not only our own lives — but the world around us.

Beyond Should premieres on Tuesday, March 10th in honor of Women's History Month. New episodes will be out every other Tuesday.

Follow on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever good podcasts are found. See you on the other side of Should!