Several of the authors listed on the Books page also write blogs on childlessness.

If you write a blog or speak out on a podcast and would like to be added to this page please get in touch

PODCASTS

1 in 5 - Leading a life without children A space to explore all sides of leading a life without children, whether it’s by choice or by circumstance. Geeta Pendse, who found the stories of childfree women are often invisible or side-lined, chats to guests from all backgrounds exploring topics such as social expectations, the biological clock, infertility, ambivalence around parenthood and embracing life, in whatever shape that comes.

Awakening Worth in Childless Women podcast. You’re on a new path and one you didn’t expect to travel. And it’s definitely a road less travelled. It’s the one without kids. My name is Sheri Johnson and I’m on it too. No matter how you got here – pregnancy loss, infertility, never finding the right partner - the loneliness and lack of childlessness is the same.

Childfree Wealth means having the time, money, and freedom to achieve your goals and dreams. Being Childfree or childless does not automatically make you 'rich' but it does give you more flexibility in where you invest your time and resources. Join Dr. Jay Zigmont, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, for discussions on life and personal finance that reflect the unique needs of those who are Childfree or childless.

Childless Not By Choice Welcome to our Childless, not by Choice community! There is so much to do here! There are Featured events and posts, current event articles, guest blog posts as well as my blog posts; and Podcast episodes all about the childless not by choice demographic and our experiences.

The Full Stop Podcast To provide a cohesive voice to the Childless-not-by-choice community, uniting us and showing that you don’t need to do this alone, because there is a community of support out there. We want to give everyone a point of reference, with presenters and guests whom we can identify with and a voice, to assist those on their own path to acceptance.

Happily Ever After (Without Children) This series is for anyone who has voluntarily or involuntarily found themselves childless and is looking for signs out there that life gets better! If you are sick and tired of that same old tune in your head that sounds something like 'the only happy ending involves having children,' you are in the right place

New Legacy Radio The show addresses the social, systemic, and structural realities for those who are childless/childfree and non-parents. We will discuss key issues pertaining to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as it relates to people without children. For our community, the show will offer a sense of visibility and connection, and an opportunity to be part of the change we are collectively seeking.

Not Cha Momma Join Kailey and Betsy as they share their raw, honest, and personal experiences with endometriosis and adenomyosis diagnoses that led to infertility in their 30s. Despite being kid-free/less, these powerful women are finding joy in the journey (think dogs, coffee, craft beer, and more).

Singleness: Extended Edition This podcast is for those over 40, navigating the joys and the heartbreaks of extended singleness. Honest conversations about the joys of the single life and the heartbreak that comes with missing out on some dreams and desires. Through it all, I hope you hear that there is a beautiful life to be lived and available to us.

Unclassified Woman Michelle Marie McGrath interviews amazing women, including authors, entrepreneurs, priestesses, coaches, speakers and creative mavens, who share their experiences and insights, while questioning the expectations of women everywhere. In the first Michelle interviews 40+ women all around the globe who are childless or childfree for a multitude of reasons.

BLOGS

Barren and Beloved This page is for all who have had to let go of hope. Who have journeyed to a place where there can be no more denial and are now facing the hard cold reality of a life without children of their own. I pray that this site is in someway a blessing and encouraging and helpful.... because YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Childless By Marriage Let’s talk about being childless because your mate can’t or doesn’t want to have children with you. This is not a site for the happily childfree who never wanted kids. There are plenty of blogs for you. Search for “childfree blogs” and have a good time.

The Childless Life Hello! I am Sandy from Louisiana. I am childless (it wasn't a choice). This blog explores coming to terms with childlessness, finding our inner strength (it’s still in there!) and how to live a life different from what we dreamed… The heartbreak never goes away. But there is joy. We will find it together. Let’s talk.

The Childless Wanderer I’m a women in my 40’s who has never had children. This wasn’t as I planned but I’ve lived a full life and experienced everything with passion and my eyes wide open. I’m here to share my stories and experiences. To give you some insight into what my life is like and what I love and loath about the life I’m leading.

Discussions Essentielles Discussions Essentielles discusses in French and English childlessness and childfree from a Muslim perspective. It raises awareness on prejudices and discrimination towards nonparents in Muslim communities and deconstructs prejudices wrongly attributed to Islam. To make it short Discussions Essentielles expose how Faith, here Islam is used to justify discriminations toward childless and childfree.

Finding A Different Path Married, mid-forties, special education teacher, gardener and living a beautiful life after loss. We spent seven and a half years trying to build our family through IVF, donor egg IVF, sperm donor IVF, and domestic infant adoption before making the insanely difficult yet absolutely necessary decision to choose a different path than the one we'd envisioned and resolve our infertility journey without parenting.

Grief Is The Word However grief comes, whether it is a death or a loss of some other kind, I think the status is the same – it is a loss. Each individual’s grief experience is unique and cannot be compared with others’ experiences. Nobody can avoid grief, and no-one is immune from it.The only thing we can control is how we live with our grief.

The Gut Link Our long and bumpy road of infertility and loss began 9 years ago. Facing a lifetime of childlessness, we are rumbling through the middle of the messy emotions. While life hasn’t turn out the way we had planned, our story isn’t over and we are hopeful for the future. We are learning to flip the script and write a brave new ending.

Happy and Childless The last 12 years have been full of indecision, fear, guilt, regret & sorrow as my once held dreams of parenthood and happy families looked to no longer be the reality. I know I can be happy and I’m striving to approach my childfree life with a fervour and determination to live my very best life yet.

Infertility Honesty In love with and profoundly shaped by the children I’ll never get to meet.  New, pervasive interest in all things sociology and no idea what to do with it (thanks, random music degree!).  Childless not by choice infertility survivor, IVF veteran, trauma survivor.  Body work junkie now approaching holistic modalities with severe skepticism (thanks, baby making!). Histadelic and pyroluric mental illness survivor.

(In)visible Childlessness Andy Harrod, a childless man, expresses how it feels to be childless not by choice. For a long time, I suffered with my childless grief, through avoiding being with it, despite it loud and incessant knocking on my heart. I am currently in the process of shifting how I view my childlessness and how it impacts on my sense of self.

It’s Inconceivable Welcome to my blog, dear reader. This blog explores living life without children after multiple pregnancy loss and infertility treatments, and talking about the experiences of other women I know who have been through baby, infant and child loss. It’s about exploring what its like to actually live as a childless woman, past the age of hope of ever conceiving.

Just Me and Lilley I knew nothing of AWOC (Ageing without Children) until the ephemeral lockdown turned up. I had to shield and discovered a whole new world of aloneness. It was blissful, for a while, then as Christmas approached it wasn't. Talk was all of families not being able to meet, grandparents stood weeping at front doors. No talk of me and others like me.

La vida sin hijos - Maternidad invisible Soy Gloria Labay, nací en 1965 y soy una mujer sin hijos, no por elección sino por circunstancias. ¿Has podido expresar con libertad alguna vez todas las emociones y sentimientos que te produce no haber podido tener hijos a pesar de haberlo deseado? Ven a los encuentros de La Vida Sin Hijos. Un espacio seguro donde podrás hablar con libertad y confianza entre iguales.

Life: A Bird's Eye View A fierce and feisty girl-about-town, with a grab-it-by-the-balls, no-nonsense attitude. Raspberry cheesecake and a wry sense of humour are my weapons of choice When I'm not selling delicious-smelling lotions and potions at my beauty boutique, you can find me chilling on a beach in Thailand, or dancing full-throttle at a party somewhere; house music is the soundtrack to my life.

Lisa Ann Kissane: NoMo Bookclub For many, myself included, reading is a sanctuary, an escape. Follow me as I share my favourite NoMo reads featuring women who live a fulfillng, satisfying or just plain ol’ happy life without children. Whether this is because they chose to be childfree, weren’t able to have children, or just never got around to it.

Married and Childless We are a married couple in our 50’s who have travelled the infertility journey. Tthis is our way of giving back to those that feel alone on this journey or looking for some hope. Our blog will be raw and at times quite sad, but what we want you to see is there is life after one of the hardest things we have ever done.

Nina Is In Here is a blog about the ups and downs of life as a woman with progressive MS, navigating childlessness, travel and the adult care system. There are also books, music, activism, and flamingos along the way.

No Kidding in NZ This is my blog on living and loving life without children after infertility. Currently I'm a blogger, a self-employed businessperson, amateur photographer, and keen traveller - though I'm an armchair traveller right now, along with the rest of the world. This is a space for thoughts on my No Kidding lifestyle, the good and the bad, remembering what was lost, and celebrating what I have.

Not So Mommy I’m Brandi Lytle and to describe myself is, well… complicated.  One thing is for sure, though.  My life has not turned out the way that I planned. An Oklahoma girl, I always thought I’d be just a good ol’ fashioned Mom, with two kids, a husband, a dog, and a cat, living in my traditional house.  But life took me on a different journey.

Peace & Joy The grief of involuntary childlessness is heartbreaking. ​​However you came to be here, your grief is valid. You are not alone. And, feeling peace and joy again is possible. ​This blog shares resources and stories that can help, by women who live the experience of being childless not by choice.

Post IVF world I am living a post IVF world (living is possibly an overstatement right now), but wading through some pretty crazy feelings and just working out who I am! I want to share how I’m feeling and what I’m thinking and how things change in a post IVF world. I’m hoping I can get some positive out of something negative and to inspire you too!

The Road Less Travelled Our baby girl was stillborn in August 1998. Subsequent infertility treatments did not work for us and in 2001, at age 40, my dh & I decided to take the road less travelled and continue to live without children. This blog is about our journey (which now includes early retirement, aging without children, great-aunthood, and condo living!). (And books. Lots of books!)

Robin Hadley I have recently completed my PhD at Keele University. My research study explored the experience of involuntarily childless older men and has recently gained much international attention. My interest in involuntarily childless men is in part due to my own sense of 'broodiness' and wish to become a father.

Shunem Care Shunem Care is a ministry to the involuntarily childless born out of personal pain. We gather as men and women from different faiths who share their experiences of being childless. While we are childless, we are not fruitless, we are complete human beings. We believe that childlessness is not incapacitation. Our mantra is caring for each other.

Sindy With Care I started @sindywithcare on Instagram. You can view my earlier posts there. I draw everything you see on my page. Drawing helps me express my emotions and process my grief. My source of inspiration are my three beautiful nieces and handsome nephew. They taught me that I can still impact lives even though I am not a mother.

The Next 15000 Days I am a 40-something European woman doing what I once thought wasn't possible: finding happiness after infertility. While it's been a long, difficult and emotional journey (10 unsuccessful IVF treatments), each day I take another step down the path toward a fulfilling new life. This is my story of reinvention.

Uber Barrens Club We're not just infertile. We're really, really infertile. We're barren. The hidden community of women supporting each other through these journeys is full of incredible wit, humour, and kindness.  And amazing, heartbreaking, inspirational stories.  Stories that don’t get told, because everyone only wants to hear about the success stories. So I decided to change that

Walk In Our Shoes This is a social design project that raises awareness of involuntary childless through a unique combination of a feet selfie and story telling. I welcome your words. The aim is to bridge the gap between those who have children and involuntary childlessness by publishing real accounts of adversity and strength from men and women who are childless.

Yael Wolfe is a writer, artist, and photographer whose work is an exploration of what it means to be a woman in a world that has forgotten the Feminine. As a single woman in her forties who is childless-by-circumstance, her work seeks to shine a light on this demographic of women whose stories are silenced by pronatalism, ageism, and sexism.

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