Life or rather childlessness threw us a curveball and we ended up walking into a fog of confusion, full of questions.

Taking a leap into the future as CNBC women: Without a well-defined and socially sanctioned path to follow, how do we move past what we don’t have and find the courage to take the plunge into an expansive and meaningful life?

Join us for a transformative webinar during World Childless Week, where we explore the unique role of the childless step-mother within modern family structures.

A panel discussion with Meriel, Karin and Catherine-Emmanuelle, who will talk about their own journey of healing and invite questions and comments from the audience. We would also like to talk about what helps and hinders in the counselling room. 

Sometimes, it is only by picking up our pens that we can become the authors of our own stories again.

Join us for this Queens around the World webinar, where we are discussing what the childless journey has been like, positive and negative, and even if there have been some personal gains. What has it been like?

Sensitivity comes from a highly receptive nervous system; it is a biological and genetically based trait. Sensitive people are different in many ways:

You might see the title of this webinar and hope for some witty or sarcastic responses that would just put people in their places. This webinar is not going to do that. It’s going to give you SO MUCH more.

In many workplaces the divide between work and home has reduced as we continue to enjoy the freedom that working from home brings.  We are able to spend more time with our families, our hobbies, and our furbabies.

Childlessness can place a huge strain on our friendships, so much so that Jody termed it the #FriendshipApocalypse.

Strong emotions may come up when we navigate our lives without children around friends with kids. It’s often difficult to talk about these feelings and difficult to live with them.

A discussion on rescue pets and the rescuing effect they have had on us in our grief.

Yvonne John, Civilla Morgan and Haneefah Muhammad will lead an exploration of the rich history and enduring legacies of our Black childless ancestors.

Being a childless not by choice person of colour can have extra layers of burden due to culture, tradition, religion. How does your culture or race (or both ) add extra layers to being childess?

This webinar will explore ways in which childhood trauma can resurface or be triggered later in life by the experience of being childless not by choice.

Join us, wherever you are on your childless journey, for this webinar exploring the metaphor of emotional seasons and childlessness.

In this webinar, Lori and Michael - both avid amateur genealogists - will chat about what they’ve learned from researching their families’ histories..

What does it mean to live your own story? When we embrace a new life, it can mean that old relationships and interests recede in favor of something new.

When we go through something - and childless grief is a big something - we learn about ourselves in ways we might not otherwise. Join us to learn more about the gifts this challenging journey can bring.  

Jody Day, founder of Gateway Women invites you to join the #NomoCrones (nomo=not-mother + crone is not an insult!) around the Zoom Fire for her March 2024 Equinox Session.

How do you discover and identify your story when the traditional one no longer applies? Learn how this difficult issue of identifying a new story for your life has been negotiated in a world still very challenging for women.

Fireside Wisdom with Childless Elderwomen is a series of quarterly webinars I (Jody Day of Gateway Women) host with an inspiring panel of childless elderwomen ranging from their late 50s to their mid-70s (I am fifty-nine-and-a-half!)