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Your inner child needs you
I was doing some meditation at the beach on Sunday morning – listening to the wonderful Sarah Blondin on Insight Timer (she’s the best!) – and a scene from my childhood meandered into my mind. In this scene, I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, inner child, Recovery
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The danger of ‘if only’ thinking
I spent a lot of my childhood peering through other people’s windows, both literally and metaphorically, wishing that my life was more like theirs. Wishing I lived in their house. Wishing I had their parents. Wishing I had their clothes. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, Eating disorders, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, deepak chopra, grief, meditation, Mindfulness, self-acceptance
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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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Ambivalence and commitment
This morning, I sat outside the beach hut, looked out at the vast expanse of sea before me and cried. I cried because I’d just had a massive adrenaline come-down after writing a deeply personal article on ambivalence about motherhood … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, codependency, Dating, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Tagged ambivalence, author, Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, commitment, Love, retreats, The Guardian, Writing
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Embracing ‘what is’
The truth is that nobody has a charmed life. Everyone experiences heartache and pain (some more than others, I grant you that). But we all have a choice as to how we live. The most important lesson I have learned … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged acceptance, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, healing, Relationships
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Ambivalence about motherhood
Whenever I do a short radio or TV interview, I come away wishing I’d said things differently and made my points more clearly and succinctly. In most cases, I come away wanting to write, wanting to make sense of my … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, codependency, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged ambivalence, BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, grief, Motherhood, Sian Harries, Woman's Hour
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Seize the day!
I feel like I’ve written this blog before, or one very like it. I thought about going back through my previous posts to have a look, to avoid repeating myself, but I didn’t want to. I just wanted to write. … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childless, Childlessness, Dating, Gateway Women, How to Fall in Love, Personal development, Relationships, Self-help, Single
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A Bed Full of Memories
I’m staying in my old flat in London this week, the flat I lived in for 13 years, from the ages of 31 to 44. As I got under the covers last night and wrestled with sleep – my washing … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged addiction, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, Eating Disorders, Infertility, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Single, singleness
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