WE ARE CHILDFREE

#Choice

Podcasts

Finding peace after childlessness with "apprentice crone" Jody Day

Episode 51

Short Stories

“I think my childfree life is fantastic.”

Angela, 49, Germany

Short Stories

“I decided to venture on a journey to ‘put myself out there’ publicly as a childless person of colour who is of South Asian heritage.”

Arpinder, 43, UK

Short Stories

“I look at all the other ways I’ve ‘procreated’.”

Liz, 53, USA

Short Stories

“My sterilisation brought me grief and brought me peace.”

Grace, 24, USA

Short Stories

“I’m 73. I decided to be ‘childfree’ before it was even a word!”

Deborah, 73, USA

Short Stories

“I've never felt incomplete or like something was missing.”

Christine, 63, UK

Short Stories

“Everyone keeps saying I’ll change my mind but I do not want to conform to traditional norms and just have kids for the sake of it.”

Joelle, 21, South Africa

Short Stories

“The world doesn’t celebrate any of my achievements, not the same way being a mum is celebrated.”

Camilla, 40, Australia

Short Stories

“This is the most serious and consequential decision of your life.”

Liz, 38, USA