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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Spreading the word
Look what's in my work newsletter this month. It's so great to see that our stories are getting heard!!!
The Phenomenal book tour
One of the things that I did find difficult to imagine was where my book would take me once it was published. It's been such a joy to see what has been happening since my book was finally born, the response has been great and now I am going to be a part of a book tour...
My skype interview with Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle
I have just completed a skype interview with Catherine-Emmanuelle Delisle from Femme Sans Enfant. Catherine is a fellow Gateway Women based in Montreal, Canada who contacted me for the interview after hearing about my book. I was so touched that she took the time to...