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Lonely in lockdown? You’re not alone
Loneliness. Aloneness. Isolation. Lockdown. These words are roaming around my mind right now, prompting my fingers to search out letters on the keyboard. I don’t know in what order to put the words. I don’t know where this blog will … Continue reading
The life that hasn’t gone to plan
I’ve just spent a long weekend in the company of nine wonderful women whose lives, like mine, haven’t gone to plan. These women, attendees on my How to Fall in Love retreat, had expected things to work out differently. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, grief, Jody Day
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How do I know if I want kids or not?
OK, so you might be wondering why I’m asking this question. You might be thinking: haven’t we been through this already? Haven’t we covered this topic from all angles and in all forms of media since this blog launched back … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, codependency, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged ambivalence, Childless, childless not by choice, Childless Women, Childlessness, Motherhood, social infertility
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Ageing disgracefully
I’ve just put my dear Mum on the train in Bournemouth, destination North Wales. As I sat her down and made sure she was comfortable and that she knew where her coat and case were, and as I asked a … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Health, Relationships, Women
Tagged Ageing, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, Dorset, inner child, Love, Motherhood, Old Harry Rocks, Poole, West Bay
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Choosing hope
Yesterday, I felt my life was meaningless because I didn’t have children. That feeling doesn’t hit me very often. And it hasn’t hit me for a while. As you’ll have read on this blog, my life has been changing in … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Fertility, Happiness, Infertility, Love, Mentoring, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Trust, Women
Tagged acceptance, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, hope, Love, Real, Relationships, Transformation, Trust, Women
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When everything feels wrong
There are days when everything feels wrong. Days when you feel so far away from the robust, strong, healthy, confident, dynamic go-getting person you want to be and sometimes are. Days when you wonder where your enthusiasm for life, for … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, Eating disorders, Faith, Love, Recovery, Spirituality, Women
Tagged addiction, aloneness, Childless, Childless Women, Faith, forties, Loneliness, singleness, social infertility
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It all started here
‘Maybe No Baby’ is the headline of a feature I wrote for The Sunday Times today on infertility and childlessness, particularly among women of my generation, late 30s, early 40s, and the difficulties of meeting eligible partners. It’s on page … Continue reading
Posted in Fertility, Pregnancy, Relationships, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged BBC Newsnight, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, Fertility, Infertility, IVF, Newsnight, singleness, The Sunday Times
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Feminism, 50 years on
Today’s blog comes to you via The Huffington Post and it marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique – a book, I have to confess, I’d barely even heard of until recently. No, I … Continue reading
Posted in Pregnancy, Women, Work
Tagged Betty Friedan, Childless, Childless Women, Childlessness, Feminism, Fertility, Infertility, IVF, Motherhood, Second wave feminism, singleness, The Feminine Mystique
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Tiny feet
Following on from my Huffington Post piece on feminism and the large number of women in their late 30s and early 40s who are facing the prospect of childlessness, without feeling they made a conscious choice, I wrote something for … Continue reading →