2024 will arrive soon, so even now, it is worth considering what it means to cultivate your inner Queen: the mature, wise, and confident woman you are meant to be.
Read morePurpose
Purpose. It can feel an elusive thing to find, and of course that’s because it is, elusive, intangible, shifting and changing as we grow.
Read moreIs Rejection Worse When You Are Childless?
Those of us who are childless know a deep grief that is one of the most daunting experiences of any human being. There are times when we may think we cannot survive it and times when we may think there is nothing to live for because of it.
Read moreGet Involved
An invitation to you - World Childless Week gives us 7 days but the tagline is “We are here for you through the year, we get louder in September”. The we was initially set up to represent me and the Ambassadors but equally it can be read as representing us all and how we support each other.
Read moreBooks. No kids.
I've always been a big reader, and a big library user. I have membership cards for libraries all over the place - places I've lived, places I visit regularly, and some special ones like the National Library in Australia, and the Library of Congress in the US.
Read moreWorld Childless Week in Woman and Home
GUEST BLOG - Mid April 2023, I was scrolling through social media, and spotted a post from my local Facebook community group. A journalist was looking for women in their 50s for an article she was writing, about how they had found ways of making friends.
Read moreWhat is a Submission and where does it go?
A submission is the core component of World Childless Week, so I’d best start at the beginning…
Read moreMy Childless Identity Feels Under Threat
We all know about pronatalism because it surrounds us every day and is unavoidable in books, magazines, newspapers, advertising, television, films, social media, at work, on the radio, in politics and at the bus-stop.
Read moreI was fired up and ready to speak for the childless community
Only a few hours later I braced myself to open their return email, as surely such a hasty response could only be bad news?
Read moreExcited that we got a Big Resounding YES
…World Childless Week was missing, so I wrote them and asked if they would consider including it.
Read moreChildless Not by Choice: We can all Make a Difference for Future Generations
I longed to be a parent: I had chosen their names, knew the stories I wanted to read to them, the beaches with the best rock pools to explore, the family traditions I was excited to share and the treasures in my house they would inherit; but I was denied that dream.
Read moreCovid, Cancer and Childlessness; The Silence and Solitude
The last two years have created difficulties for everyone, raised questions that often remain unanswered, created barriers where none existed before, broken friendships and understanding.
Read morePath To Acceptance
Four months after our second and final round of unsuccessful IVF treatment. I decided to publish an article for World Childless week. It was quite out of character for me as I tend to shy away from all things 'Childless' while I processed my grief.
Read moreWhere Have All The Champions Gone?
Have you looked at the World Childless Week homepage recently? If not go and take a look and then come back.
Read moreHair Loss And Childlessness
I presently have a shaggy curly mop. I don’t actually know what to do with it having never had curly hair before. Some days I love it but there are moments when I find it frustrating and really hate the way it looks. It makes me mindful of the hair I have, and haven’t had, over the last eighteen months.
Read moreThe Beanie
I pick up the dove grey beanie, knitted during the UKs spring lockdown. It is soft and asking to be pressed against my cheek. A pattern of 13 circles, some intentionally incomplete, decorate the front of the hat from the edging band to the crown.
Read moreIs Today Significant?
Yippee, yahoo, wahoo – it’s New Year’s Eve and time to celebrate!?!
Did I need to do that, NO. Should I feel the need to do that, NO. So what if it is the New Year, it is just another day, pretty much the same as the last.
Read moreChildless Christmas
In a holiday centered on tradition the birth of a baby, or a miracle, it's easy to notice the gaps and who is missing from the table.
Read moreCoping With Christmas Using EFT
When the thought of Christmas and its associated images triggers you to feel upset, excluded and joyless, there is a way to remove the power of those triggers.
Read moreYou Never Spoke But I Heard You
I want to share something extremely special with you today. Something that shows not just the strength of sharing our words but the power and impact our words have.
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