Changing the Narrative:
Empowering Women
Living Without Children
What began as personal grief over involuntary childlessness evolved into a driving force for change.
Today, I am an author, activist, and facilitator who champions the stories and identities of women who longed for motherhood but whose paths unfolded differently — raising awareness and understanding of their experiences, transforming deep loss into solidarity, and silence into spaces of connection, healing and belonging.
A little about me…
The question “Do you have children?” once filled me with dread. For years I laughed it off, hiding the pain that followed my diagnosis of unexplained infertility. Processing that grief changed everything — it led me to Gateway Women, a community for women who are childless by circumstance, and helped me find my voice.
From that healing came my first book, Dreaming of a Life Unlived: Stories and Portraits of Women Without Children — a collection born from love, truth, and the determination to make our experiences visible.
A Little About Me…
Today, I am an author, activist, speaker, and facilitator creating spaces where women who longed for motherhood — especially Black women and women of colour — can speak openly about loss, belonging, and identity. I’ve shared my story on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and numerous platforms, helping to change the narrative around the untold experiences of women living without children.
As a trained facilitator, psychodynamic therapist, and graduate of Gateway Women’s Plan B Mentorship Programme, I facilitate workshops, retreats, healing circles and conversations that transform silence into connection and grief into collective healing.
Recent Talks
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Blog
‘Myleene Klass: Miscarriage and Me’ – 14th October 2021
The long awaited documentary 'Myleene, Miscarriage and Me' highlighting miscarriage stories, that I was interviewed for in September will be on the W channel on Thursday 14th October. I'm so excited to share the advert here OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
RealTalk with Simply Deez Radio Show
Catch my recent appearance on Pamtengo Radio - RealTalk with Simply Deez show. You can hear me tell my story from 1:37:20
Facing the Monster
Back in October 2020 I was contacted by Kelly Windsor Pawsey, a freelance radio and podcast Audio Producer, who’s worked predominantly for the BBC. Kelly was producing a podcast with the author, Nathan Filer the internationally celebrated author; his debut novel ‘The...