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.
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Another door opens…
Everyday I am touched and amazed at the opportunities that are coming my way...
Does Colourism Exist???
A few weeks ago a friend forwarded an article from the The Guardian newspaper titled "Why dark-skinned black girls like me aren't getting married". I don't remember ever wondering why dark-skinned black girls were not getting married or if in fact there was any issues...
Fertility Fight Club
I am sitting here singing the song 'I've had the time of my life' from Dirty Dancing, as I reflect on yesterday's Fertility Fight club. It was an amazing and rewarding experience. I was so nervous leading up to the day. I was unsure about my speech - 'am I saying the...