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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Blog
The Invitation
On arrival at work I found a small envelope on my desk. I thought that it was a bit too early for a Christmas card but didn't know what else to think. Nope the baby feet did not give it away.... Ok so you guessed right, it was an invite to a baby shower. For a moment...
DNA of Care event
On Wednesday the 2nd November 2016 I took part in the DNA of Care event in London. It was an event organised by NHS England to share the digital stories that have been created by participants on the digital story telling workshops run by Pip Hardy and Tony Sumner....
My Interview on Premier Gospel Radio
After reading my book, Dreaming of a Life Unlived, Esther Kuku contacted me to be a guest on her radio show The Family Hour at Premier Gospel radio. What joy!!! So on Saturday the 26th I travelled down to South London and had the pleasure of being interviewed by...